Psalms 7:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The Lord will judge the peoples. Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָה֮ יָדִ֢ין עַ֫מִּ֥ים שָׁפְטֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה כְּצִדְקִ֖י וּכְתֻמִּ֣י עָלָֽי׃

Transliteration

YHWH yādîn ʿammîm shāpṭēnî YHWH according to-ṣidqî and-according to-tummî upon-me

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: divine name
• *yādîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will judge
• *ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples
• *shāpṭēnî*: verb, qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - judge me
• *kəṣidqî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - according to my righteousness
• *ûḵətummî*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and according to my integrity
• *ʿālāy*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - upon me

Word Meanings

• *yādîn*: will judge/will vindicate/will execute judgment
• *ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/tribes
• *shāpṭēnî*: judge me/vindicate me/defend my cause
• *ṣidqî*: my righteousness/my justice/my righteous cause
• *tummî*: my integrity/my blamelessness/my completeness

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  O let the wickedness{H7451} of the wicked{H7563} come to an end,{H1584} but establish{H3559} thou the righteous:{H6662} For the righteous{H6662} God{H430} trieth{H974} the minds{H3629} and hearts.{H3826}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Oh let the wickedness{H7451} of the wicked{H7563} come to an end{H1584}{(H8799)}; but establish{H3559}{(H8787)} the just{H6662}: for the righteous{H6662} God{H430} trieth{H974}{(H8802)} the hearts{H3826} and reins{H3629}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Oh let the wickednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but manteyne the iust,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an ende: but guide thou the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the righteous; Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

Referenced Verses

• Jer 11:20 : 20 But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously and tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
• Ps 37:23 : 23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD, and He delights in his way.
• Ps 40:2 : 2 I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, search the heart and test the mind, to give each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Jer 20:12 : 12 O LORD of Hosts, you who test the righteous and see the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for I have presented my case to you.
• 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD told Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not see as man sees; man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
• Ps 139:1 : 1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. LORD, You have searched me and You know me.
• Isa 37:36-38 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp, departed, returned home, and stayed in Nineveh. 38 While he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 'He guards the feet of His faithful ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For it is not by strength that one prevails.'
• Dan 11:45 : 45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas at the beautiful holy mountain. Yet, he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
• Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.
• Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past.
• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 So that He may strengthen your hearts to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and uphold you.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ.
• Ps 44:21 : 21 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
• Ps 58:6 : 6 It does not heed the voice of charmers, however skillful the enchanter may be.
• Ps 74:10-11 : 10 How long, O God, will the enemy reproach? Will the adversary despise Your name forever? 11 Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it from Your bosom and destroy them!
• Ps 74:22-23 : 22 Arise, O God, and defend Your cause; remember how fools insult You all day long. 23 Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of those who rise against You, which continually ascends.
• Ps 9:5-6 : 5 For you have upheld my cause, my right; you sit on your throne judging righteously. 6 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.
• Ps 10:15 : 15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer! Call him to account for his wickedness until it is no more found.
• Ps 10:18 : 18 To vindicate the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, will no longer terrorize.
• Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked—those who love violence—he hates with a passion.
• Ps 17:3 : 3 You have tested my heart; you have visited me at night. You have refined me and found no evil. I have resolved that my mouth will not transgress.
• Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me, Lord, and test me; refine my inner thoughts and my heart.