5{
"verseID": "Psalms.90.5",
"source": "זְ֭רַמְתָּם שֵׁנָ֣ה יִהְי֑וּ בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר כֶּחָצִ֥יר יַחֲלֹֽף׃",
"text": "You *zĕramtām* *šēnâ* they *yihyû*; in *boqer* like *ḥāṣîr* *yaḥălōp̄*.",
"grammar": {
"*zĕramtām*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - you flood/sweep/carry away them",
"*šēnâ*": "feminine singular - sleep",
"*yihyû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are/become",
"*babboqer*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular - in the morning",
"*keḥāṣîr*": "preposition + masculine singular - like grass",
"*yaḥălōp̄*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - sprouts up/passes away/changes"
},
"variants": {
"*zĕramtām*": "you flood them away/you sweep them away/you end them",
"*šēnâ*": "sleep/slumber/unconsciousness",
"*yihyû*": "they become/they are/they exist",
"*boqer*": "morning/daybreak",
"*ḥāṣîr*": "grass/hay/vegetation",
"*yaḥălōp̄*": "sprouts up/passes away/changes/grows anew/fades"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Psalms.90.6",
"source": "בַּ֭בֹּקֶר יָצִ֣יץ וְחָלָ֑ף לָ֝עֶ֗רֶב יְמוֹלֵ֥ל וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃",
"text": "In *boqer* *yāṣîṣ* *wĕḥālāp̄*; for *ʿereḇ* *yĕmôlēl* *wĕyāḇēš*.",
"grammar": {
"*babboqer*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular - in the morning",
"*yāṣîṣ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - sprouts/blooms/flourishes",
"*wĕḥālāp̄*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and passes away/changes",
"*lāʿereḇ*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular - for/toward the evening",
"*yĕmôlēl*": "polal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - is cut down/withers",
"*wĕyāḇēš*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and dries/withers"
},
"variants": {
"*yāṣîṣ*": "sprouts/blooms/flourishes",
"*ḥālāp̄*": "passes away/grows/changes/renews",
"*ʿereḇ*": "evening/sunset/dusk",
"*yĕmôlēl*": "is cut down/withers/fades",
"*yāḇēš*": "dries up/withers/becomes dry"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Psalms.90.7",
"source": "כִּֽי־כָלִ֥ינוּ בְאַפֶּ֑ךָ וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ נִבְהָֽלְנוּ׃",
"text": "For we *ḵālînû* by your *ʾap̄*, and by your *ḥămāṯĕḵā* we *niḇhālnû*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*ḵālînû*": "qal perfect, 1st plural - we are consumed/destroyed",
"*ḇĕʾappêḵā*": "preposition + masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - by your anger/nostril",
"*ûḇaḥămāṯĕḵā*": "conjunction + preposition + feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and by your wrath/heat",
"*niḇhālnû*": "niphal perfect, 1st plural - we are dismayed/terrified/troubled"
},
"variants": {
"*ḵālînû*": "we are consumed/we perish/we are destroyed",
"*ʾap̄*": "anger/nostril/wrath",
"*ḥămāṯĕḵā*": "your wrath/your heat/your fury",
"*niḇhālnû*": "we are dismayed/terrified/troubled/overwhelmed"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Psalms.90.8",
"source": "שַׁתָּ֣ה עֲוֺנֹתֵ֣ינוּ לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ עֲ֝לֻמֵ֗נוּ לִמְא֥וֹר פָּנֶֽיךָ׃",
"text": "You *šattâ* our *ʿăwōnōṯ* in *negdêḵā*, our *ʿălumēnû* to *mĕʾôr* of your *pānêḵā*.",
"grammar": {
"*šattâ*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have set/placed",
"*ʿăwōnōṯênû*": "masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - our iniquities",
"*lĕnegdêḵā*": "preposition + masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - before you/in your presence",
"*ʿălumēnû*": "masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - our secret things/hidden things",
"*limĕʾôr*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - to the light of",
"*pānêḵā*": "masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your face/presence"
},
"variants": {
"*šattâ*": "you have set/you have placed/you have established",
"*ʿăwōnōṯ*": "iniquities/sins/guilt",
"*negdêḵā*": "before you/in your presence/opposite you",
"*ʿălumēnû*": "our secret things/our hidden things/our hidden sins",
"*mĕʾôr pānêḵā*": "light of your face/illumination of your presence/your revealing gaze"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Psalms.90.9",
"source": "כִּ֣י כָל־יָ֭מֵינוּ פָּנ֣וּ בְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּלִּ֖ינוּ שָׁנֵ֣ינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶֽגֶה׃",
"text": "For all *yāmênû* *pānû* in your *ʿeḇrāṯêḵā*; we *killînû* our *šānênû* like *hegeḥ*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*ḵol-yāmênû*": "masculine singular construct + masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - all our days",
"*pānû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - turn away/decline",
"*ḇĕʿeḇrāṯêḵā*": "preposition + feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your wrath",
"*killînû*": "piel perfect, 1st plural - we finish/complete/consume",
"*šānênû*": "feminine plural + 1st plural suffix - our years",
"*ḵĕmô-hegeḥ*": "preposition + masculine singular - like a sigh/moan/sound"
},
"variants": {
"*pānû*": "turn away/decline/end",
"*ʿeḇrāṯêḵā*": "your wrath/your fury/your overflow of anger",
"*killînû*": "we finish/we complete/we spend/we consume",
"*hegeḥ*": "sigh/moan/sound/whisper/thought/meditation"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Psalms.90.10",
"source": "יְמֵֽי־שְׁנוֹתֵ֨ינוּ בָהֶ֥ם שִׁבְעִ֪ים שָׁנָ֡ה וְאִ֤ם בִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת ׀ שְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤ים שָׁנָ֗ה וְ֭רָהְבָּם עָמָ֣ל וָאָ֑וֶן כִּי־גָ֥ז חִ֝֗ישׁ וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃",
"text": "The *yĕmê*-*šĕnôṯênû* in them *šiḇʿîm* *šānâ*, and if by *giḇûrōṯ* *šĕmônîm* *šānâ*, yet their *rohbām* is *ʿāmāl* and *ʾāwen*; for it *gāz* *ḥîš* and we *nāʿup̄â*.",
"grammar": {
"*yĕmê-šĕnôṯênû*": "masculine plural construct + feminine plural + 1st plural suffix - days of our years",
"*bāhem*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them",
"*šiḇʿîm*": "cardinal number - seventy",
"*šānâ*": "feminine singular - year",
"*wĕʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - and if",
"*biḡḇûrōṯ*": "preposition + feminine plural - by strength/might",
"*šĕmônîm*": "cardinal number - eighty",
"*wĕrohbām*": "conjunction + masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their pride/strength",
"*ʿāmāl*": "masculine singular - trouble/labor",
"*wāʾāwen*": "conjunction + masculine singular - and iniquity/sorrow",
"*kî-gāz*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - for it is cut off",
"*ḥîš*": "adverb - quickly/speedily",
"*wannāʿup̄â*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 1st plural - and we fly away"
},
"variants": {
"*yĕmê-šĕnôṯênû*": "days of our years/span of our life",
"*giḇûrōṯ*": "strength/might/power",
"*rohbām*": "their pride/their strength/their boast",
"*ʿāmāl*": "trouble/labor/toil/misery",
"*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/sorrow/wickedness/trouble",
"*gāz*": "is cut off/passes quickly/is over",
"*ḥîš*": "quickly/speedily/soon",
"*nāʿup̄â*": "we fly away/we depart/we vanish"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "Psalms.90.11",
"source": "מִֽי־י֭וֹדֵעַ עֹ֣ז אַפֶּ֑ךָ וּ֝כְיִרְאָתְךָ֗ עֶבְרָתֶֽךָ׃",
"text": "Who *yôḏēaʿ* *ʿōz* of your *ʾappêḵā*? And according to your *yirʾāṯĕḵā*, your *ʿeḇrāṯêḵā*.",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*yôḏēaʿ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - knows/understanding",
"*ʿōz*": "masculine singular construct - power/strength of",
"*ʾappêḵā*": "masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your anger/nostril",
"*ûḵĕyirʾāṯĕḵā*": "conjunction + preposition + feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and according to your fear",
"*ʿeḇrāṯêḵā*": "feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your wrath"
},
"variants": {
"*yôḏēaʿ*": "knows/understands/perceives",
"*ʿōz*": "power/strength/might",
"*ʾappêḵā*": "your anger/your wrath/your nostrils (as the seat of anger)",
"*yirʾāṯĕḵā*": "fear of you/reverence for you/the awe you deserve",
"*ʿeḇrāṯêḵā*": "your wrath/your fury/your overflow of anger"
}
}
12{
"verseID": "Psalms.90.12",
"source": "לִמְנ֣וֹת יָ֭מֵינוּ כֵּ֣ן הוֹדַ֑ע וְ֝נָבִ֗א לְבַ֣ב חָכְמָֽה׃",
"text": "To *limnôṯ* our *yāmênû* so *hôḏaʿ*, that we may *nāḇiʾ* *lĕḇaḇ* *ḥoḵmâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*limnôṯ*": "qal infinitive construct - to count/number",
"*yāmênû*": "masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - our days",
"*kēn*": "adverb - so/thus",
"*hôḏaʿ*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - make known/teach",
"*wĕnāḇiʾ*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 1st plural - and we may bring/obtain",
"*lĕḇaḇ*": "masculine singular construct - heart of",
"*ḥoḵmâ*": "feminine singular - wisdom"
},
"variants": {
"*limnôṯ*": "to count/to number/to reckon",
"*hôḏaʿ*": "make known/teach/cause to know",
"*nāḇiʾ*": "bring/obtain/acquire/gain",
"*lĕḇaḇ ḥoḵmâ*": "heart of wisdom/wise heart/understanding mind"
}
}
13{
"verseID": "Psalms.90.13",
"source": "שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה עַד־מָתָ֑י וְ֝הִנָּחֵ֗ם עַל־עֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃",
"text": "*Šûḇâ* *YHWH*! Until *māṯāy*? And *hinnāḥēm* concerning your *ʿăḇāḏêḵā*.",
"grammar": {
"*šûḇâ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - return/turn",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD",
"*ʿaḏ-māṯāy*": "preposition + interrogative - until when/how long",
"*wĕhinnāḥēm*": "conjunction + niphal imperative, masculine singular - and repent/have compassion",
"*ʿal-ʿăḇāḏêḵā*": "preposition + masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - concerning your servants"
},
"variants": {
"*šûḇâ*": "return/turn/come back",
"*ʿaḏ-māṯāy*": "until when/how long/until what time",
"*hinnāḥēm*": "repent/have compassion/change your mind/relent/be sorry",
"*ʿăḇāḏêḵā*": "your servants/your slaves/those who serve you"
}
}