Psalms 68:20

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּ֤ר֣וּךְ אֲדֹנָי֮ י֤וֹם ׀ י֥וֹם יַֽעֲמָס־לָ֗נוּ הָ֘אֵ֤ל יְֽשׁוּעָתֵ֬נוּ סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

bārûk ʾădōnāy yôm yôm yaʿămās-lānû the-ʾēl yəšûʿātēnû selâ

Grammar Details

• *bārûk*: Qal passive participle masculine singular - 'blessed'
• *ʾădōnāy*: divine title - 'Lord'
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun (repeated) - 'day by day'
• *yaʿămās*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'he bears'
• *lānû*: preposition לְ (for) with 1st common plural suffix - 'for us'
• the-*ʾēl*: definite article + singular divine name - 'the God'
• *yəšûʿātēnû*: feminine singular noun with 1st common plural possessive suffix - 'our salvation'
• *selâ*: musical or liturgical term - 'Selah'

Word Meanings

• *bārûk*: blessed/praised/adored
• *yaʿămās*: bears/carries/loads
• *yəšûʿâ*: salvation/deliverance/victory
• *selâ*: pause/musical interlude/lift up

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can liver out of my hand.
• Rev 1:18 : 18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermo, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Rev 20:1 : 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a gat chain in his hand.
• 1 Sam 2:6 : 6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
• Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
• Ps 118:17-18 : 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. 18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
• Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
• Isa 45:17-22 : 17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. 18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Hos 1:7 : 7 But I will have mercy upon the use of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by rses, nor by rsemen.
• John 4:22 : 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
• John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• John 5:23 : 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
• John 5:28-29 : 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
• Heb 2:14-15 : 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.