Psalms 89:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת מִי־כָמוֹךָ חֲסִין יָהּ וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ

Transliteration

YHWH ʾĕlōhê ṣᵉbāʾôt who-like-kāmôkā ḥăsîn Yāh and-ʾĕmûnātᵉkā sᵉbîbôteykā

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun construct - God of
*ṣᵉbāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*mî-kāmôkā*: interrogative + preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - who (is) like you
*ḥăsîn*: adjective, masculine singular - strong/mighty
*Yāh*: proper noun, abbreviated divine name
*wᵉ-ʾĕmûnātᵉkā*: conjunction + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your faithfulness
*sᵉbîbôteykā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your surroundings

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhê ṣᵉbāʾôt*: God of hosts/armies/heavenly forces
*ḥăsîn*: strong/mighty/powerful
*Yāh*: abbreviated form of YHWH
*ʾĕmûnātᵉkā*: your faithfulness/steadfastness/reliability
*sᵉbîbôteykā*: your surroundings/all around you

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 65:7 : 7 Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
Mark 4:41 : 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. 4 Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
Ps 107:25-29 : 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end. 28 Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses. 29 He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.
Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Mark 4:39 : 39 And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Matt 8:24-27 : 24 And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
Matt 14:32 : 32 And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased.
Job 38:8-9 : 8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb; 9 When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, 10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Ps 29:10 : 10 Jehovah sat [as King] at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.
Ps 66:5-6 : 5 Come, and see the works of God; [He is] terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 6 He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.

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