Psalms 32:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־זֹ֡את יִתְפַּלֵּ֬ל כָּל־חָסִ֨יד ׀ אֵלֶיךָ֮ לְעֵ֢ת מְ֫צֹ֥א רַ֗ק לְ֭שֵׁטֶף מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים אֵ֝לָ֗יו לֹ֣א יַגִּֽיעוּ׃

Transliteration

ʿal-zōʾt yitpallēl kol-ḥāsîḏ ʾēleḵā ləʿēt məṣōʾ raq ləšēṭeḕ mayim rabbîm ʾēlāyw lōʾ yaggîʿû.

Grammar Details

• *ʿal*-*zōʾt*: preposition + feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - concerning this
• *yitpallēl*: hitpael imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will pray
• *kol*-*ḥāsîḏ*: noun construct + masculine singular noun - every godly one
• *ʾēleḵā*: preposition *ʾel* with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
• *ləʿēt*: preposition *lə-* + feminine singular construct noun - at time of
• *məṣōʾ*: qal infinitive construct - finding
• *raq*: adverb - surely/only
• *ləšēṭeḕ*: preposition *lə-* + masculine singular construct noun - at/for flood of
• *mayim*: masculine plural noun - waters
• *rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many/great
• *ʾēlāyw*: preposition *ʾel* with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yaggîʿû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will reach

Word Meanings

• *ʿal*-*zōʾt*: because of this/concerning this/therefore
• *yitpallēl*: will pray/will intercede
• *ḥāsîḏ*: godly one/faithful one/pious one/saint
• *ləʿēt* *məṣōʾ*: at time of finding/at the time you may be found/at a time of accessibility
• *šēṭeḕ* *mayim* *rabbîm*: flood of many waters/overflow of great waters

Referenced Verses

• Isa 55:6 : 6 Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
• Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.
• Ps 4:3 : 3 See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.
• Ps 34:2-5 : 2 My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad. 3 O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name. 4 I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears. 5 Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.
• John 7:34 : 34 You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.
• 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 (For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):
• 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything. 10 For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
• 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.
• Titus 2:12 : 12 Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;
• 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
• Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock; 25 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock. 26 And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand; 27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
• Luke 19:42-44 : 42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them. 43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side, 44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
• Ps 40:3 : 3 And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.
• Isa 49:8 : 8 This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste;
• Ps 51:12-13 : 12 Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support. 13 Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.
• Ps 69:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck. 2 My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.
• Ps 69:13-15 : 13 But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain. 14 Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters. 15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.
• Ps 124:4-5 : 4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul; 5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
• Ps 144:7 : 7 Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;
• Prov 1:28 : 28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
• Gen 7:17-22 : 17 And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth. 18 And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters. 19 And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered. 20 The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered. 21 And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man. 22 Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.
• Rev 12:15-16 : 15 And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream. 16 And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.