Psalms 9:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶשְׂמְחָ֣ה וְאֶעֶלְצָ֣ה בָ֑ךְ אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה שִׁמְךָ֣ עֶלְיֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

I will śāmaḥ and 'ālaṣ in you; I will zāmar your šēm, 'elyôn

Grammar Details

• *śāmaḥ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - 'I will rejoice'
• *'ālaṣ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative with waw conjunctive - 'and I will exult'
• *zāmar*: piel imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - 'I will sing praise'
• *šēm*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your name'
• *'elyôn*: masculine singular adjective as divine title - 'Most High'

Word Meanings

• *śāmaḥ*: rejoice/be glad/be joyful
• *'ālaṣ*: exult/rejoice/be jubilant
• *zāmar*: sing praise/make music/play instruments
• *šēm*: name/reputation/character/fame
• *'elyôn*: Most High/highest (divine title)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 68:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; A Psalm of David, a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
• Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
• Ps 80:16 : 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
• Isa 64:3 : 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
• Rev 6:12-17 : 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and {G2400} there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood; 13 and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind. 14 And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and {G3956} freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.