Psalms 125:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹ֪א יָנ֡וּחַ שֵׁ֤בֶט הָרֶ֗שַׁע עַל֮ גּוֹרַ֢ל הַֽצַּדִּ֫יקִ֥ים לְמַ֡עַן לֹא־יִשְׁלְח֖וּ הַצַדִּיקִ֨ים בְּעַוְלָ֬תָה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

For not yānûaḥ šēbeṭ of-hārešaʿ upon gôral of-haṣṣaddîqîm, ləmaʿan not-yišləḥû haṣaddîqîm in-ʿawlātāh yədêhem.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*yānûaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will rest/remain
*šēbeṭ*: noun, masculine singular construct - rod/scepter/tribe
*hāreša*ʿ: noun, masculine singular with definite article - wickedness/the wicked
*gôral*: noun, masculine singular construct - lot/portion/inheritance
*haṣṣaddîqîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the righteous ones
*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - so that/in order that
*yišləḥû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will stretch out/put forth
*haṣaddîqîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the righteous ones
*ʿawlātāh*: noun, feminine singular - iniquity/injustice/unrighteousness
*yədêhem*: noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their hands

Word Meanings

*šēbeṭ hāreša*ʿ: rod of wickedness/scepter of the wicked/authority of evil
*gôral*: lot/portion/inheritance/allotted territory
*ləmaʿan*: so that/in order that/with the result that
*yišləḥû*: put forth/stretch out/extend
*ʿawlātāh*: unrighteousness/injustice/iniquity

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Referenced Verses

Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Ps 89:22 : 22 The enemy{H8802)} shall not exact{H8686)} upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict{H8762)} him.
Ps 103:9 : 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
Ps 103:14 : 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.
Isa 14:5-6 : 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Ps 55:20 : 20 He hath put forth{H8804)} his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken{H8765)} his covenant.
Isa 10:5 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

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