Psalms 57:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ר֣וּמָה עַל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם אֱלֹהִ֑ים עַ֖ל כָּל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ

Transliteration

rûmâ upon-the-šāmayim ʾělōhîm upon kol-the-ʾāreṣ kəbôdekā

Grammar Details

• *rûmâ*: verb, Qal imperative masculine singular with cohortative he - be exalted
• *šāmayim*: noun, masculine dual with definite article and preposition al - above the heavens
• *ʾělōhîm*: noun, masculine plural (divine plural) - God
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the earth
• *kəbôdekā*: noun with 2ms suffix - your glory

Word Meanings

• *rûm*: rise/be exalted/be lifted up
• *šāmayim*: heaven/sky
• *kol*: all/every/whole
• *ʾereṣ*: earth/land/ground
• *kābôd*: glory/honor/dignity

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They have prepared a net for my ste; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {H5542}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Set vp thy self (o God) aboue the heaues, and thy glory aboue all the earth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the midst of it themselves. Selah.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {{Selah

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

• World English Bible (2000)

  They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 145:14 : 14 The LORD supports all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.
• Ps 140:5 : 5 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plot to overthrow my steps.
• Ps 142:3 : 3 I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my troubles to Him.
• Ps 143:4 : 4 My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.
• Prov 28:10 : 10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
• Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
• Mic 7:2 : 2 The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets.
• Matt 26:37-38 : 37 Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with Him, He began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me."
• 1 Sam 23:22-26 : 22 Please go and make further preparations. Investigate and find out where David is and who has seen him there, because I have been told he is very crafty. 23 Carefully identify all the hiding places where he could be staying and return to me with reliable information. Then I will come with you, and if he is indeed in the land, I will search for him among all the clans of Judah. 24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul, while David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain south of Jeshimon. 25 When Saul and his men began searching for him, David was told about it. He then went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard this, he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon. 26 Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. But as Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them,
• Ps 7:15-16 : 15 Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies. 16 They dig a pit and hollow it out, only to fall into the hole they have made.
• Ps 9:15-16 : 15 So that I may recount all your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion; I will rejoice in your salvation. 16 The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.
• Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life. 8 May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.
• Ps 42:6 : 6 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why are you so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.