Psalms 97:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֹהֲבֵ֥י יְהוָ֗ה שִׂנְא֫וּ רָ֥ע שֹׁ֭מֵר נַפְשׁ֣וֹת חֲסִידָ֑יו מִיַּ֥ד רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יַצִּילֵֽם

Transliteration

ʾōhăḇê YHWH śinʾû rāʿ šōmēr nap̄šôṯ ḥăsîḏāyw miyyaḏ rəšāʿîm yaṣṣîlēm

Grammar Details

• *ʾōhăḇê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - ones loving
• *YHWH*: proper divine name
• *śinʾû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - hate!
• *rāʿ*: noun, masculine singular - evil
• *šōmēr*: qal participle, masculine singular - guarding/keeping
• *nap̄šôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - souls of
• *ḥăsîḏāyw*: noun, masculine plural + suffix, 3rd person masculine singular - his faithful ones
• *miyyaḏ*: preposition min + noun, feminine singular construct - from hand of
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *yaṣṣîlēm*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + suffix, 3rd person masculine plural - he will deliver them

Word Meanings

• *ʾōhăḇê*: ones loving/those who love
• *śinʾû*: hate!/detest!/reject!
• *rāʿ*: evil/wickedness/harm
• *šōmēr*: guarding/keeping/protecting
• *nap̄šôṯ*: souls/lives/persons
• *ḥăsîḏāyw*: his faithful ones/his godly ones/his loyal followers
• *miyyaḏ*: from hand of/from power of/from control of
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/guilty ones/evildoers
• *yaṣṣîlēm*: he will deliver them/he will rescue them/he will save them

Referenced Verses

• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
• Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
• Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
• Prov 2:8 : 8 That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
• Dan 3:28 : 28 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
• Ps 34:14 : 14 Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
• Ps 31:23 : 23 Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.
• Ps 145:20 : 20 Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.
• Jer 15:21 : 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
• Dan 6:27 : 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
• Dan 6:22 : 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
• Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
• Isa 45:17 : 17 [ But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
• Ps 119:163 : 163 I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.
• Ps 125:3 : 3 For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
• Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.
• Ps 37:27-28 : 27 Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore. 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
• Ps 37:39-40 : 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble. 40 And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
• Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
• Ps 101:3 : 3 I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.
• John 20:28-30 : 28 {G2532} Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, {G2381} Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed. 30 {G2532} Many other signs therefore {G3303} did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book:
• Rom 7:15 : 15 For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.
• Rom 7:24 : 24 Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
• Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
• 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.
• 2 Thess 2:8-9 : 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; 9 [None even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• 2 Thess 3:2 : 2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for all have not faith.
• Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which [the Lord] promised to them that love him.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love, {G25} {G846} because he first loved us.
• 1 John 5:2-3 : 2 Hereby {G5129} we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
• 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, [every one] whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.
• Ps 119:104 : 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.