Psalms 27:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֨ה יָר֪וּם רֹאשִׁ֡י עַ֤ל אֹֽיְבַ֬י סְֽבִיבוֹתַ֗י וְאֶזְבְּחָ֣ה בְ֭אָהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ירָה וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה לַיהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿattâ yārûm rōʾšî ʿal ʾōyəbay səbîbôtay wə-ʾezbəḥâ bə-ʾāhŏlô zibḥê tərûʿâ ʾāšîrâ wa-ʾăzammərâ la-YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿattâ*: conjunction + adverb - and now
• *yārûm*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be lifted up
• *rōʾšî*: noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my head
• *ʿal*: preposition - above/over
• *ʾōyəbay*: noun masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my enemies
• *səbîbôtay*: noun feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my surroundings
• *wə-ʾezbəḥâ*: conjunction + qal cohortative 1st person singular - and I will sacrifice
• *bə-ʾāhŏlô*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his tent
• *zibḥê*: noun masculine plural construct - sacrifices of
• *tərûʿâ*: noun feminine singular - shouting/acclamation
• *ʾāšîrâ*: qal cohortative 1st person singular - I will sing
• *wa-ʾăzammərâ*: conjunction + piel cohortative 1st person singular - and I will make music
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to YHWH

Word Meanings

• *yārûm*: will be lifted up/exalted/raised
• *rōʾšî*: my head/chief part
• *ʾōyəbay*: my enemies/foes/adversaries
• *səbîbôtay*: my surroundings/all around me
• *ʾezbəḥâ*: I will sacrifice/offer/slaughter
• *zibḥê*: sacrifices/offerings
• *tərûʿâ*: shouting/jubilation/acclamation/alarm
• *ʾāšîrâ*: I will sing/chant
• *ʾăzammərâ*: I will make music/sing praises/play instruments

Referenced Verses

• Ps 3:3 : 3 But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.
• Ps 107:22 : 22 Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.
• Heb 13:15 : 15 Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.
• Jer 31:7 : 7 For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.
• Zeph 3:14-15 : 14 Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
• Luke 19:37-38 : 37 And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen; 38 Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.
• Eph 5:19-20 : 19 Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
• Gen 40:13 : 13 After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.
• Ps 110:7 : 7 He will take of the stream by the way; so his head will be lifted up.
• Ps 116:17-19 : 17 I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord. 18 I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people; 19 In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.
• Ps 138:5 : 5 They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
• 2 Sam 7:9 : 9 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.
• 2 Sam 22:1 : 1 And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:
• 2 Sam 22:49 : 49 He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
• 2 Kgs 25:27 : 27 And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison;
• 1 Chr 22:18 : 18 Is not the Lord your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for the Lord has given the people of the land into my hands, and the land is overcome before the Lord and before his people.
• 2 Chr 30:21-26 : 21 So the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with great joy: and the Levites and the priests gave praise to the Lord day by day, making melody to the Lord with loud instruments. 22 And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers. 23 And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy. 24 For Hezekiah, king of Judah, gave to the people for offerings, a thousand oxen and seven thousand sheep; and the rulers gave a thousand oxen and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests made themselves holy. 25 And all the people of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and those who had come from Israel, and men from other lands who had come from Israel or who were living in Judah, were glad with great joy. 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
• Ezra 3:11-13 : 11 And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place. 12 But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy: 13 So that in the ears of the people the cry of joy was mixed with the sound of weeping; for the cries of the people were loud and came to the ears of those who were a long way off.
• Ps 21:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!
• Ps 21:13 : 13 Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.
• Ps 22:22-25 : 22 I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people. 23 You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel. 24 For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry. 25 My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.
• Ps 26:6-7 : 6 I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord; 7 That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.
• Ps 43:3-4 : 3 O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents. 4 Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.
• Ps 47:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> O make a glad noise with your hands, all you peoples; letting your voices go up to God with joy.
• Ps 66:13-16 : 13 I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you, 14 Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble. 15 I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.) 16 Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.
• Ps 81:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.> Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.
• Ps 95:1 : 1 O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.
• Ps 100:1-2 : 1 <A Psalm of Praise.> Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song.
• Gen 40:20 : 20 Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.