Psalms 27:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֨ה יָר֪וּם רֹאשִׁ֡י עַ֤ל אֹֽיְבַ֬י סְֽבִיבוֹתַ֗י וְאֶזְבְּחָ֣ה בְ֭אָהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ירָה וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה לַיהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿattâ yārûm rōʾšî ʿal ʾōyəbay səbîbôtay wə-ʾezbəḥâ bə-ʾāhŏlô zibḥê tərûʿâ ʾāšîrâ wa-ʾăzammərâ la-YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿattâ*: conjunction + adverb - and now
• *yārûm*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be lifted up
• *rōʾšî*: noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my head
• *ʿal*: preposition - above/over
• *ʾōyəbay*: noun masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my enemies
• *səbîbôtay*: noun feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my surroundings
• *wə-ʾezbəḥâ*: conjunction + qal cohortative 1st person singular - and I will sacrifice
• *bə-ʾāhŏlô*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his tent
• *zibḥê*: noun masculine plural construct - sacrifices of
• *tərûʿâ*: noun feminine singular - shouting/acclamation
• *ʾāšîrâ*: qal cohortative 1st person singular - I will sing
• *wa-ʾăzammərâ*: conjunction + piel cohortative 1st person singular - and I will make music
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to YHWH

Word Meanings

• *yārûm*: will be lifted up/exalted/raised
• *rōʾšî*: my head/chief part
• *ʾōyəbay*: my enemies/foes/adversaries
• *səbîbôtay*: my surroundings/all around me
• *ʾezbəḥâ*: I will sacrifice/offer/slaughter
• *zibḥê*: sacrifices/offerings
• *tərûʿâ*: shouting/jubilation/acclamation/alarm
• *ʾāšîrâ*: I will sing/chant
• *ʾăzammərâ*: I will make music/sing praises/play instruments

Referenced Verses

• Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
• Ps 107:22 : 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
• Heb 13:15 : 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints.
• Jer 31:7 : 7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
• Zeph 3:14-15 : 14 ¶ Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, [even] the LORD, [is] in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 ¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Luke 19:37-38 : 37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; 38 Saying, Blessed [be] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
• Eph 5:19-20 : 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Gen 40:13 : 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
• Ps 110:7 : 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
• Ps 116:17-19 : 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, 19 In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
• Ps 138:5 : 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great [is] the glory of the LORD.
• 2 Sam 7:9 : 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great [men] that [are] in the earth.
• 2 Sam 22:1 : 1 ¶ And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
• 2 Sam 22:49 : 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
• 2 Kgs 25:27 : 27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
• 1 Chr 22:18 : 18 [Is] not the LORD your God with you? and hath he [not] given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
• 2 Chr 30:21-26 : 21 ¶ And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, [singing] with loud instruments unto the LORD. 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept [other] seven days with gladness. 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. 25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel [there was] not the like in Jerusalem.
• Ezra 3:11-13 : 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because [he is] good, for his mercy [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, [who were] ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
• Ps 21:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
• Ps 21:13 : 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.
• Ps 22:22-25 : 22 ¶ I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
• Ps 26:6-7 : 6 ¶ I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
• Ps 43:3-4 : 3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
• Ps 47:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
• Ps 66:13-16 : 13 ¶ I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. 16 Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
• Ps 81:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
• Ps 95:1 : 1 ¶ O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
• Ps 100:1-2 : 1 ¶ A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
• Gen 40:20 : 20 ¶ And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.