Psalms 119:122

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֲרֹ֣ב עַבְדְּךָ֣ לְט֑וֹב אַֽל־יַעַשְׁקֻ֥נִי זֵדִֽים׃

Transliteration

ʿărōb ʿabdəkā to-ṭôb not-yaʿašqūnî zēdîm

Grammar Details

*ʿărōb*: qal imperative masculine singular - be surety/stand in place of
*ʿabdəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
*ṭôb*: masculine singular adjective - good
*yaʿašqūnî*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - let them oppress me
*zēdîm*: masculine plural adjective - proud ones/insolent ones
*lə-*: preposition - to/for
*ʾal*: negative particle - not

Word Meanings

*ʿărōb*: be surety for/guarantee/pledge/take responsibility for
*ʿabdəkā*: your servant
*ṭôb*: good/welfare/benefit
*yaʿašqūnî*: oppress me/exploit me/wrong me
*zēdîm*: proud ones/insolent ones/arrogant people

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 17:3 : 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Gen 43:9 : 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove{H8686)} me.
Ps 119:21 : 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; 19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.

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