Psalms 92:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּפְרֹ֤חַ רְשָׁעִ֨ים ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ עֵ֗שֶׂב וַ֭יָּצִיצוּ כָּל־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן לְהִשָּֽׁמְדָ֥ם עֲדֵי־עַֽד׃

Transliteration

When biprōaḥ rešāʿîm like ʿēśeb wayyāṣîṣû all pōʿălê ʾāwen lehiššāmedām unto ʿădê-ʿad.

Grammar Details

When *biprōaḥ*: preposition bə + Qal infinitive construct - when sprout/flourish
*rešāʿîm*: noun masculine plural absolute - wicked ones
like: preposition kə - like/as
*ʿēśeb*: noun masculine singular absolute - grass/herb
*wayyāṣîṣû*: conjunction wə + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural consecutive - and they blossom
all: noun masculine singular construct - all of
*pōʿălê*: Qal participle masculine plural construct - workers of
*ʾāwen*: noun masculine singular absolute - iniquity
*lehiššāmedām*: preposition lē + Niphal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for their destruction
unto *ʿădê*-*ʿad*: preposition ʿădê + noun masculine singular - forever/eternity

Word Meanings

*biprōaḥ*: when they sprout/when they flourish/when they spring up
*rešāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil people/sinners
*ʿēśeb*: grass/herb/vegetation
*wayyāṣîṣû*: and they blossom/and they flourish/and they sprout
*pōʿălê*: workers of/doers of/practitioners of
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/evil
*lehiššāmedām*: for their destruction/for them to be destroyed
*ʿădê*-*ʿad*: forever/eternity/perpetuity

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 83:18 : 18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.
Ps 93:4 : 4 Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
Ps 102:26-27 : 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
Dan 4:34-35 : 34 And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Acts 12:1 : 1 Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.
Acts 12:22-24 : 22 And the people shouted, [saying], The voice of a god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because {G3739} he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
Ps 56:2 : 2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; {H4791} For they are many that fight proudly against me.

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