Psalms 9:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־דֹרֵ֣שׁ דָּ֭מִים אוֹתָ֣ם זָכָ֑ר לֹֽא־שָׁ֝כַ֗ח צַעֲקַ֥ת עֲנָוֽ͏ִים׃

Transliteration

For the dāraš of dām them zākar; not šākaḥ the ṣĕ'āqâ of 'ănāwîm

Grammar Details

*dāraš*: qal participle masculine singular construct - 'the one who inquires/avenges'
*dām*: masculine plural noun - 'bloods/bloodshed'
*zākar*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he remembers'
*šākaḥ*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he has forgotten'
*ṣĕ'āqâ*: feminine singular construct - 'cry/outcry'
*'ănāwîm*: masculine plural adjective - 'humble/afflicted'

Word Meanings

*dāraš*: inquires about/investigates/avenges/requires
*dām*: blood/bloodshed/bloodguilt/life
*zākar*: remember/recall/keep in mind
*šākaḥ*: forget/ignore/neglect
*ṣĕ'āqâ*: cry/outcry/shout for help
*'ănāwîm*: humble/afflicted/poor/meek

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Referenced Verses

Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
Ps 30:3 : 3 O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Ps 38:19 : 19 But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Ps 51:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
Neh 9:32 : 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and lovingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Ps 13:3 : 3 Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
Ps 25:19 : 19 Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Ps 107:18 : 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.
Ps 116:3-4 : 3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 4 Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Ps 119:132 : 132 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Ps 119:153 : 153 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
Ps 142:6 : 6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
Isa 38:10 : 10 I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Lam 1:9 : 9 Her filthiness was in her skirts; she remembered not her latter end; Therefore is she come down wonderfully; she hath no comforter: Behold, O Jehovah, my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself.
Lam 1:11 : 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: See, O Jehovah, and behold; for I am become abject.
John 2:6 : 6 Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

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