Psalms 107:42

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִרְא֣וּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְכָל־עַ֝וְלָ֗ה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ

Transliteration

yirʾû yᵊšārîm and-yiśmāḥû and-all-ʿawlâ qāpᵊṣâ pîhā

Grammar Details

• *yirʾû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they see
• *yᵊšārîm*: adjective, masculine plural - upright ones
• *yiśmāḥû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with prefixed conjunction waw - and they rejoice
• *ʿawlâ*: noun, feminine singular with prefixed kol and conjunction waw - and all iniquity/injustice
• *qāpᵊṣâ*: qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she shuts/closes
• *pîhā*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her mouth

Word Meanings

• *yirʾû*: they see/observe/perceive
• *yᵊšārîm*: upright ones/righteous ones
• *yiśmāḥû*: they rejoice/are glad
• *ʿawlâ*: iniquity/injustice/wickedness
• *qāpᵊṣâ*: she shuts/closes/stops
• *pîhā*: her mouth

Referenced Verses

• Job 22:19 : 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
• Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice{H8799)} in God; every one that sweareth{H8737)} by him shall glory{H8691)}: but the mouth of them that speak{H8802)} lies shall be stopped{H8735)}.
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• Ps 52:6 : 6 The righteous also shall see{H8799)}, and fear{H8799)}, and shall laugh{H8799)} at him:
• Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
• Isa 66:10-11 : 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
• Isa 66:14 : 14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
• Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice{H8799)} when he seeth{H8804)} the vengeance: he shall wash{H8799)} his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say{H8799)}, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth{H8802)} in the earth.
• Exod 11:7 : 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
• Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.