Psalms 85:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: But let them not turn again to folly.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַרְאֵ֣נוּ יְהוָ֣ה חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝יֶשְׁעֲךָ֗ תִּתֶּן־לָֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

harʾēnû YHWH ḥasdekā wə-yešʿăkā titten-lānû

Grammar Details

• *harʾēnû*: 2nd person masculine singular Hiphil imperative with 1st person plural suffix - show us
• *YHWH*: divine name in vocative position
• *ḥasdekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness
• *wə-yešʿăkā*: conjunction with masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your salvation
• *titten*: 2nd person masculine singular Qal imperfect - you will give
• *lānû*: preposition with 1st person plural suffix - to us

Word Meanings

• *harʾēnû*: show us/cause us to see/display to us
• *ḥasdekā*: your lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy/faithfulness
• *yešʿăkā*: your salvation/deliverance/victory
• *titten*: you will give/place/set/grant

Referenced Verses

• Zech 9:10 : 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace unto the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
• Ps 29:11 : 11 Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
• Hab 2:1 : 1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
• Heb 10:26-29 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries. 28 A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses: 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith {G1722} he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
• 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 {G1161} It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.
• Rev 2:4-5 : 4 But I have [this] against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love. 5 Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, {G5035} and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Hag 2:9 : 9 The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Gen 34:7 : 7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
• Ps 50:5 : 5 Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
• Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.
• Prov 25:11 : 11 A word fitly spoken Is [like] apples of gold in network of silver.
• Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
• Isa 57:19 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
• John 5:14 : 14 Afterward {G5023} Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest {G3361} a worse thing befall thee.
• John 8:11 : 11 And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, {G846} Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more.}}
• John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
• John 20:19 : 19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first [day] of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.
• John 20:26 : 26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace [be] unto you.
• Acts 3:26 : 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, {G2424} sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.
• Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent unto the children of Israel, preaching good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all.) —
• 2 Cor 5:18-20 : 18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through {G2424} Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech [you] on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
• Gal 4:9 : 9 but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
• Eph 1:1-2 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Eph 2:17 : 17 and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:
• 2 Thess 3:16 : 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
• 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.