Psalms 119:53

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זַלְעָפָ֣ה אֲ֭חָזַתְנִי מֵרְשָׁעִ֑ים עֹ֝זְבֵ֗י תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

zalʿāp̄āh ʾăḥāzaṯnî from-rǝšāʿîm ʿōzḇê tôrāṯeḵā

Grammar Details

• *zalʿāp̄āh*: feminine singular noun - burning indignation/rage
• *ʾăḥāzaṯnî*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - it has seized me
• *mērǝšāʿîm*: preposition + masculine plural adjective - from the wicked
• *ʿōzḇê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - those forsaking
• *tôrāṯeḵā*: feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law

Word Meanings

• *zalʿāp̄āh*: burning indignation/horror/rage/burning anger
• *ʾăḥāzaṯnî*: it has seized me/taken hold of me/gripped me
• *ʿōzḇê*: those who forsake/abandon/leave

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 9:3 : 3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
• Ps 119:158 : 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
• Jer 13:17 : 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
• Dan 4:19 : 19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
• Hab 3:16 : 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
• Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
• Rom 9:1-3 : 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
• 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
• Phil 3:18 : 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
• Ezra 9:14 : 14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
• Ezra 10:6 : 6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
• Neh 13:25 : 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
• Ps 89:30 : 30 If his children forsake{H8799)} my law, and walk{H8799)} not in my judgments;
• Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.