Psalms 9:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זַמְּר֗וּ לַ֭יהוָה יֹשֵׁ֣ב צִיּ֑וֹן הַגִּ֥ידוּ בָ֝עַמִּ֗ים עֲלִֽילוֹתָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Zāmar to YHWH yāšab ṣiyyôn; nāgad among the 'am his 'ălîlâ

Grammar Details

*zāmar*: piel imperative masculine plural - 'sing praise'
*YHWH*: divine name with lamed prefix - 'to the LORD'
*yāšab*: qal participle masculine singular - 'the one who dwells in'
*ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - 'Zion'
*nāgad*: hiphil imperative masculine plural - 'declare/proclaim'
*'am*: masculine plural noun with bet prefix - 'among the peoples'
*'ălîlâ*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his deeds'

Word Meanings

*zāmar*: sing praise/make music/celebrate in song
*yāšab*: dwelling/sitting/inhabiting/enthroned
*ṣiyyôn*: Zion (location in Jerusalem)
*nāgad*: declare/proclaim/announce/tell
*'am*: peoples/nations/tribes
*'ălîlâ*: deeds/actions/practices/achievements

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 9:5 : 5 And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.
Exod 3:7 : 7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Ps 102:17 : 17 He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
Isa 26:21 : 21 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Matt 23:35 : 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
Luke 11:50-51 : 50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.
Luke 18:7-8 : 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them? 8 I say unto you, that he will avenge them {G1722} speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Rev 6:9-9 : 9 And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Rev 16:6 : 6 for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: {G1063} they are worthy.
Exod 3:9 : 9 And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Ps 10:17 : 17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
Ps 22:24 : 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

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