Psalms 89:43

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲרִימוֹתָ יְמִין צָרָיו הִשְׂמַחְתָּ כָּל־אוֹיְבָיו

Transliteration

You-hărîmôtā yᵉmîn ṣārāyw; you-hiśmaḥtā all-ʾôyᵉbāyw

Grammar Details

*hărîmôtā*: verb, hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have exalted
*yᵉmîn*: noun, feminine singular construct - right hand of
*ṣārāyw*: noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his adversaries
*hiśmaḥtā*: verb, hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have made rejoice
*kol-ʾôyᵉbāyw*: noun + noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - all his enemies

Word Meanings

*hărîmôtā*: you have exalted/lifted up/raised
*yᵉmîn*: right hand/power
*ṣārāyw*: his adversaries/foes/enemies
*hiśmaḥtā*: you have made rejoice/gladdened
*ʾôyᵉbāyw*: his enemies/foes

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:36-37 : 36 And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Num 14:42 : 42 Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.
Num 14:45 : 45 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
Josh 7:4-5 : 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Josh 7:8-9 : 8 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name? 10 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.
2 Chr 25:8 : 8 But if thou wilt go, do [valiantly], be strong for the battle: God will cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
Ps 44:10 : 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
Ezek 30:21-25 : 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong [arm], and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 89:38-42
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86%
38But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
41All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.
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Ps 89:44-45
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85%
44Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
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Ps 18:39-40
2 verses
75%
39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
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2 Sam 22:40-41
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40For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
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Ps 44:9-10
2 verses
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9But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
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Ps 89:13
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13Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Ps 89:22-23
2 verses
72%
22The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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Ps 18:34-35
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72%
34He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
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71%
3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.
Ps 45:5
71%
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Ps 21:12
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17Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; He hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: And he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; He hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.
Ps 89:17
71%
17For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
Ps 44:3
71%
3For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
Obad 1:14
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Ps 89:10
71%
10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
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Ps 89:25
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5The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Ps 132:11
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35He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
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43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
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6For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.
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28The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
Ezek 32:28
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28But thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain by the sword.
1 Sam 28:18
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18Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day.
Ezek 21:11
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11And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.