26 {
"verseID": "Psalms.37.26",
"source": "כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם חוֹנֵ֣ן וּמַלְוֶ֑ה וְ֝זַרְע֗וֹ לִבְרָכָֽה׃",
"text": "All the *yôm* he *ḥônēn* and *malweh*, and his *zarʿô* [is] for *bərākâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*kol-hayyôm*": "masculine singular noun + definite article - all the day/every day",
"*ḥônēn*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - showing favor/being gracious",
"*malweh*": "Hiphil participle, masculine singular - lending",
"*zarʿô*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his offspring/seed",
"*librākâ*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - for blessing"
},
"variants": {
"*kol-hayyôm*": "all day long/continually/always",
"*ḥônēn*": "is gracious/shows favor/has mercy",
"*malweh*": "lends/gives loans",
"*zarʿô librākâ*": "his offspring is for a blessing/his descendants bring blessing"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Psalms.37.27",
"source": "ס֣וּר מֵ֭רָע וַעֲשֵׂה־ט֗וֹב וּשְׁכֹ֥ן לְעוֹלָֽם׃",
"text": "*Sûr* from *rāʿ* and do *ṭôb*, and dwell *ləʿôlām*.",
"grammar": {
"*sûr*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - turn aside/depart",
"*mērāʿ*": "preposition + masculine singular adjective/noun - from evil",
"*waʿăśēh*": "conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine singular - and do/make",
"*ṭôb*": "masculine singular adjective/noun - good",
"*ušəkōn*": "conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine singular - and dwell/reside",
"*ləʿôlām*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - forever/for eternity"
},
"variants": {
"*sûr mērāʿ*": "turn aside from evil/depart from wickedness/avoid evil",
"*ʿăśēh-ṭôb*": "do good/practice goodness",
"*šəkōn ləʿôlām*": "dwell forever/live securely for all time"
}
}
28 {
"verseID": "Psalms.37.28",
"source": "כִּ֤י יְהוָ֨ה ׀ אֹ֘הֵ֤ב מִשְׁפָּ֗ט וְלֹא־יַעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת־חֲ֭סִידָיו לְעוֹלָ֣ם נִשְׁמָ֑רוּ וְזֶ֖רַע רְשָׁעִ֣ים נִכְרָֽת׃",
"text": "For *YHWH* *ʾōhēb mišpāṭ* and will not *yaʿăzōb* his *ḥăsîdāyw*; *ləʿôlām* they are *nišmārû*, but *zeraʿ rəšāʿîm* [is] *nikrāt*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh",
"*ʾōhēb*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - loves/loving",
"*mišpāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - justice/judgment",
"*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + particle of negation - and not",
"*yaʿăzōb*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will forsake/abandon",
"*ḥăsîdāyw*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his faithful ones/godly ones",
"*ləʿôlām*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - forever",
"*nišmārû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are preserved",
"*zeraʿ*": "masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones",
"*nikrāt*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is cut off"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾōhēb mišpāṭ*": "loves justice/loves judgment/delights in what is right",
"*yaʿăzōb*": "will forsake/will abandon",
"*ḥăsîdāyw*": "his faithful ones/his godly ones/his loyal followers",
"*nišmārû*": "are preserved/are protected/are guarded",
"*zeraʿ rəšāʿîm nikrāt*": "offspring of the wicked are cut off/descendants of evildoers are destroyed"
}
}
29 {
"verseID": "Psalms.37.29",
"source": "צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִֽירְשׁוּ־אָ֑רֶץ וְיִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ לָעַ֣ד עָלֶֽיהָ׃",
"text": "*Ṣaddîqîm* will *yîrəšû-ʾāreṣ*, and they will *yiškənû* *lāʿad* upon it.",
"grammar": {
"*ṣaddîqîm*": "masculine plural adjective/noun - righteous ones",
"*yîrəšû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will inherit/possess",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - land/earth",
"*wəyiškənû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will dwell",
"*lāʿad*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - forever/permanently",
"*ʿāleyhā*": "preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - upon it"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣaddîqîm*": "righteous ones/just people/the upright",
"*yîrəšû-ʾāreṣ*": "will inherit the land/will possess the earth",
"*yiškənû lāʿad ʿāleyhā*": "will dwell forever upon it/will live permanently on it"
}
}