Ps 109:6-9 : 6 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.6",
"source": "הַפְקֵ֣ד עָלָ֣יו רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝שָׂטָ֗ן יַעֲמֹ֥ד עַל־יְמִינֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*Hapqēd* over-him *rāšāʿ* and-*śāṭān* *yaʿămōd* at-*yəmînô*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hapqēd*": "verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular - appoint/set",
"*rāšāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - wicked person",
"*śāṭān*": "noun, masculine singular - adversary/accuser",
"*yaʿămōd*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will stand",
"*yəmînô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his right hand/side"
},
"variants": {
"*Hapqēd*": "appoint/set over/assign",
"*rāšāʿ*": "wicked person/evil one/criminal",
"*śāṭān*": "adversary/accuser/opponent"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.7",
"source": "בְּ֭הִשָּׁ֣פְטוֹ יֵצֵ֣א רָשָׁ֑ע ו֝תְפִלָּת֗וֹ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לַֽחֲטָאָֽה׃",
"text": "In-*bəhiššāpəṭô* *yēṣēʾ* *rāšāʿ* and-*tə̆pillātô* *tihyeh* to-*ḥăṭāʾâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*bəhiššāpəṭô*": "verb, niphal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition bə- - in his being judged",
"*yēṣēʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will go out/come forth",
"*rāšāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - wicked/guilty",
"*tə̆pillātô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his prayer",
"*tihyeh*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it will be",
"*ḥăṭāʾâ*": "noun, feminine singular with prefixed preposition lə- - for sin/as sin"
},
"variants": {
"*yēṣēʾ* *rāšāʿ*": "he will go out condemned/be found guilty/come forth as wicked",
"*ḥăṭāʾâ*": "sin/offense/guilt"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.8",
"source": "יִֽהְיֽוּ־יָמָ֥יו מְעַטִּ֑ים פְּ֝קֻדָּת֗וֹ יִקַּ֥ח אַחֵֽר׃",
"text": "*Yihyû*-*yāmāyw* *məʿaṭṭîm* *pəquddātô* *yiqqaḥ* *ʾaḥēr*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yihyû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be",
"*yāmāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his days",
"*məʿaṭṭîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - few",
"*pəquddātô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his office/position/charge",
"*yiqqaḥ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will take",
"*ʾaḥēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - another"
},
"variants": {
"*pəquddātô*": "his office/his position/his charge/his oversight role"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.9",
"source": "יִֽהְיוּ־בָנָ֥יו יְתוֹמִ֑ים וְ֝אִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָֽה׃",
"text": "*Yihyû*-*bānāyw* *yətômîm* and-*ʾištô* *ʾalmānâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yihyû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be",
"*bānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sons/children",
"*yətômîm*": "noun, masculine plural - orphans",
"*ʾištô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wife",
"*ʾalmānâ*": "noun, feminine singular - widow"
},
"variants": {
"*bānāyw*": "his sons/his children",
"*yətômîm*": "orphans/fatherless"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.10",
"source": "וְנ֤וֹעַ יָנ֣וּעוּ בָנָ֣יו וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ וְ֝דָרְשׁ֗וּ מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃",
"text": "And-*nôaʿ* *yānûʿû* *bānāyw* and-*šiʾēlû* and-*dārəšû* from-*ḥorbôtêhem*.",
"grammar": {
"*nôaʿ* *yānûʿû*": "verb, qal infinitive absolute followed by qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - wandering they will wander (emphatic)",
"*bānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sons/children",
"*šiʾēlû*": "verb, piel perfect 3rd person plural - they will beg",
"*dārəšû*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person plural - they will seek",
"*ḥorbôtêhem*": "noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their ruins/desolate places"
},
"variants": {
"*nôaʿ* *yānûʿû*": "continually wander/constantly move about/be vagabonds",
"*šiʾēlû*": "beg/ask for alms/seek help",
"*ḥorbôtêhem*": "their ruins/their desolate places/their devastated homes"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.11",
"source": "יְנַקֵּ֣שׁ נ֭וֹשֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְיָבֹ֖זּוּ זָרִ֣ים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*Yənaqqēš* *nôšeh* to-all-that-to-him and-*yābōzzû* *zārîm* *yəgîʿô*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yənaqqēš*": "verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will seize/trap",
"*nôšeh*": "participle, qal masculine singular - creditor/one who lends",
"*yābōzzû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will plunder",
"*zārîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - strangers/foreigners",
"*yəgîʿô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his labor/product/gain"
},
"variants": {
"*Yənaqqēš*": "ensnare/trap/seize",
"*nôšeh*": "creditor/moneylender/usurer",
"*zārîm*": "strangers/foreigners/outsiders",
"*yəgîʿô*": "his labor/his product/his earnings/fruit of his work"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.12",
"source": "אַל־יְהִי־ל֭וֹ מֹשֵׁ֣ךְ חָ֑סֶד וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י ח֝וֹנֵ֗ן לִיתוֹמָֽיו׃",
"text": "Not *yəhî*-to-him *mōšēk* *ḥāsed* and-not *yəhî* *ḥônēn* to-*yətômāyw*.",
"grammar": {
"*yəhî*": "verb, qal jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let there be",
"*mōšēk*": "participle, qal masculine singular - one who extends/continues",
"*ḥāsed*": "noun, masculine singular - loyalty/kindness/mercy",
"*ḥônēn*": "participle, qal masculine singular - one who shows favor/is gracious",
"*yətômāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his orphans/fatherless children"
},
"variants": {
"*mōšēk* *ḥāsed*": "one who extends kindness/continues mercy/prolongs loyalty",
"*ḥāsed*": "covenant loyalty/kindness/mercy/faithfulness",
"*ḥônēn*": "showing favor/being gracious/having compassion"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.13",
"source": "יְהִֽי־אַחֲרִית֥וֹ לְהַכְרִ֑ית בְּד֥וֹר אַ֝חֵ֗ר יִמַּ֥ח שְׁמָֽם׃",
"text": "*Yəhî*-*ʾaḥărîtô* *ləhakrît* in-*dôr* *ʾaḥēr* *yimmaḥ* *šəmām*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yəhî*": "verb, qal jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let it be",
"*ʾaḥărîtô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his posterity/end",
"*ləhakrît*": "verb, hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lə- - to cut off/destroy",
"*dôr*": "noun, masculine singular - generation",
"*ʾaḥēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - next/following/another",
"*yimmaḥ*": "verb, niphal jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let be blotted out",
"*šəmām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their name"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾaḥărîtô*": "his posterity/his future/his descendants/his end",
"*ləhakrît*": "to cut off/to destroy/to eliminate",
"*yimmaḥ*": "be wiped out/be blotted out/be erased"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.14",
"source": "יִזָּכֵ֤ר ׀ עֲוֺ֣ן אֲ֭בֹתָיו אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה וְחַטַּ֥את אִ֝מּ֗וֹ אַל־תִּמָּֽח׃",
"text": "*Yizzākēr* *ʿăwōn* *ʾăbōtāyw* to-*YHWH* and-*ḥaṭṭaʾt* *ʾimmô* not *timmāḥ*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yizzākēr*": "verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - let be remembered",
"*ʿăwōn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - iniquity of",
"*ʾăbōtāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his fathers",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD",
"*ḥaṭṭaʾt*": "noun, feminine singular construct - sin of",
"*ʾimmô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mother",
"*timmāḥ*": "verb, niphal jussive 3rd person feminine singular - let be blotted out"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿăwōn*": "iniquity/guilt/punishment for iniquity",
"*ḥaṭṭaʾt*": "sin/offense/purification offering"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.15",
"source": "יִהְי֣וּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד וְיַכְרֵ֖ת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃",
"text": "*Yihyû* before-*YHWH* *tāmîd* and-*yakrēt* from-*ʾereṣ* *zikrām*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yihyû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD",
"*tāmîd*": "adverb - continually/always",
"*yakrēt*": "verb, hiphil jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let him cut off",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - land/earth",
"*zikrām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their memory/remembrance"
},
"variants": {
"*tāmîd*": "continually/always/perpetually",
"*yakrēt*": "cut off/destroy/eliminate",
"*zikrām*": "their memory/their remembrance/their memorial"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.16",
"source": "יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹ֥א זָכַר֮ עֲשׂ֢וֹת חָ֥סֶד וַיִּרְדֹּ֡ף אִישׁ־עָנִ֣י וְ֭אֶבְיוֹן וְנִכְאֵ֨ה לֵבָ֬ב לְמוֹתֵֽת׃",
"text": "*Yaʿan* that not *zākar* to-do *ḥāsed* and-*wayyirdōp* *ʾîš*-*ʿānî* and-*ʾebyôn* and-*nikʾēh* *lēbāb* to-*môtēt*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yaʿan*": "conjunction - because",
"*zākar*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he remembered",
"*ḥāsed*": "noun, masculine singular - kindness/loyalty/mercy",
"*wayyirdōp*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he pursued",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular construct - man of",
"*ʿānî*": "adjective, masculine singular - poor/afflicted",
"*ʾebyôn*": "adjective, masculine singular - needy/poor",
"*nikʾēh*": "adjective, niphal participle masculine singular - crushed/broken",
"*lēbāb*": "noun, masculine singular - heart",
"*môtēt*": "verb, polel infinitive construct - to put to death"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿānî*": "poor/afflicted/humble/oppressed",
"*ʾebyôn*": "needy/poor/destitute",
"*nikʾēh* *lēbāb*": "broken-hearted/crushed in spirit/wounded in heart",
"*môtēt*": "to put to death/to slay/to cause to die"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.17",
"source": "וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ב קְ֭לָלָה וַתְּבוֹאֵ֑הוּ וְֽלֹא־חָפֵ֥ץ בִּ֝בְרָכָ֗ה וַתִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃",
"text": "And-*wayye'ĕhab* *qəlālâ* and-*wattəbôʾēhû* and-not-*ḥāpēṣ* in-*bərākâ* and-*wattirḥaq* from-him.",
"grammar": {
"*wayye'ĕhab*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he loved",
"*qəlālâ*": "noun, feminine singular - curse",
"*wattəbôʾēhû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with waw-consecutive and 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and it came to him",
"*ḥāpēṣ*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he delighted",
"*bərākâ*": "noun, feminine singular - blessing",
"*wattirḥaq*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with waw-consecutive - and it became far"
},
"variants": {
"*qəlālâ*": "curse/malediction/imprecation",
"*bərākâ*": "blessing/benediction/prosperity"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.18",
"source": "וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ קְלָלָ֗ה כְּמַ֫דּ֥וֹ וַתָּבֹ֣א כַמַּ֣יִם בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ וְ֝כַשֶּׁ֗מֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃",
"text": "And-*wayyilbaš* *qəlālâ* like-*maddô* and-*wattābōʾ* like-the-*mayim* in-*qirbô* and-like-the-*šemen* in-*ʿaṣmôtāyw*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyilbaš*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he put on/clothed himself",
"*qəlālâ*": "noun, feminine singular - curse",
"*maddô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his garment",
"*wattābōʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with waw-consecutive - and it entered",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - water",
"*qirbô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his inward parts",
"*šemen*": "noun, masculine singular - oil",
"*ʿaṣmôtāyw*": "noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bones"
},
"variants": {
"*maddô*": "his garment/his measure/his clothing",
"*qirbô*": "his inward parts/his midst/his inner being",
"*šemen*": "oil/fat/richness"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.19",
"source": "תְּהִי־ל֭וֹ כְּבֶ֣גֶד יַעְטֶ֑ה וּ֝לְמֵ֗זַח תָּמִ֥יד יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃",
"text": "*Təhî*-to-him like-*beged* *yaʿṭeh* and-for-*mēzaḥ* *tāmîd* *yaḥgərêhā*.",
"grammar": {
"*Təhî*": "verb, qal jussive 3rd person feminine singular - let it be",
"*beged*": "noun, masculine singular - garment/covering",
"*yaʿṭeh*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he covers/wraps",
"*mēzaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - belt/girdle",
"*tāmîd*": "adverb - continually/always",
"*yaḥgərêhā*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he girds it"
},
"variants": {
"*beged*": "garment/covering/clothing",
"*yaʿṭeh*": "covers/wraps/envelops",
"*mēzaḥ*": "belt/girdle/waistband"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.20",
"source": "זֹ֤את פְּעֻלַּ֣ת שֹׂ֭טְנַי מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְהַדֹּבְרִ֥ים רָ֝֗ע עַל־נַפְשִֽׁי׃",
"text": "This *pəʿullat* *śōṭənay* from-*YHWH* and-the-ones-*dōbərîm* *raʿ* against-*napšî*.",
"grammar": {
"*pəʿullat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - reward/wages of",
"*śōṭənay*": "participle, qal masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my accusers/adversaries",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD",
"*dōbərîm*": "participle, qal masculine plural with definite article - the ones speaking",
"*raʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - evil",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life"
},
"variants": {
"*pəʿullat*": "wages/reward/recompense",
"*śōṭənay*": "my accusers/my adversaries/those hostile to me",
"*raʿ*": "evil/bad/harmful"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Psalms.109.21",
"source": "וְאַתָּ֤ה ׀ יְה֘וִ֤ה אֲדֹנָ֗י עֲֽשֵׂה־אִ֭תִּי לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּי־ט֥וֹב חַ֝סְדְּךָ֗ הַצִּילֵֽנִי׃",
"text": "And-*ʾattâ* *YHWH* *ʾădōnāy* *ʿăśēh*-with-me for-the-sake-of *šəmekā* for *ṭôb* *ḥasdəkā* *haṣṣîlēnî*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾattâ*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD",
"*ʾădōnāy*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord",
"*ʿăśēh*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - do/act",
"*šəmekā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name",
"*ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good",
"*ḥasdəkā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your steadfast love",
"*haṣṣîlēnî*": "verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - deliver me"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾădōnāy*": "my Lord/my Master",
"*ʿăśēh*-with-me": "act on my behalf/deal with me/work for me",
"*ḥasdəkā*": "your steadfast love/your mercy/your covenant loyalty"
}
}