Psalms 99:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעֹ֥ז מֶלֶךְ֮ מִשְׁפָּ֢ט אָ֫הֵ֥ב אַ֭תָּה כּוֹנַ֣נְתָּ מֵישָׁרִ֑ים מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה בְּיַעֲקֹ֤ב ׀ אַתָּ֬ה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿōz meleḵ mišpāṭ ʾāhēḇ ʾattāh kônantā mêšārîm mišpāṭ û-ṣədāqāh in-yaʿăqōḇ ʾattāh ʿāśîtā

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿōz*: conjunction + common noun, masculine singular construct - and strength of
• *meleḵ*: common noun, masculine singular construct - king
• *mišpāṭ*: common noun, masculine singular - judgment/justice
• *ʾāhēḇ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - loves
• *ʾattāh*: personal pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
• *kônantā*: polel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you established
• *mêšārîm*: common noun, masculine plural - equity/uprightness
• *û-ṣədāqāh*: conjunction + common noun, feminine singular - and righteousness
• *yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun - Jacob/Israel, with preposition *bə* - in
• *ʿāśîtā*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have done/made

Word Meanings

• *ʿōz*: strength/might/power
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/ordinance/right
• *ʾāhēḇ*: loves/is fond of
• *kônantā*: established/set up/prepared
• *mêšārîm*: equity/uprightness/fairness/righteousness

Referenced Verses

• Ps 11:7 : 7 For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.
• Jer 23:5 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
• Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
• Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon {G846} called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
• Rev 19:16 : 16 And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KINGS OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
• Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
• Deut 32:3-4 : 3 For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
• 2 Sam 23:3-4 : 3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God, 4 [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
• Job 36:5-7 : 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
• Job 37:23 : 23 [ Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.
• Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Ps 72:1-2 : 1 [ A Psalm of Solomon.] Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.
• Ps 98:9 : 9 Before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
• Isa 11:3-5 : 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.
• Isa 42:4 : 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Isa 61:11 : 11 For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.