Psalms 138:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָה֮ יִגְמֹ֢ר בַּ֫עֲדִ֥י יְ֭הוָה חַסְדְּךָ֣ לְעוֹלָ֑ם מַעֲשֵׂ֖י יָדֶ֣יךָ אַל־תֶּֽרֶף׃

Transliteration

YHWH will gāmar on-behalf-of-me; YHWH, ḥesed-your to-ʿōlām; maʿăśeh yād-your ʾal-rāpâ.

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *gāmar*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will complete/fulfill/accomplish/perfect
• *ḥesed*: masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine suffix - your lovingkindness/steadfast love
• *ʿōlām*: masculine singular absolute - everlasting/eternity/perpetuity
• *maʿăśeh*: masculine plural construct - works/deeds/actions of
• *yād*: feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine suffix - your hands
• *ʾal*: negative particle - not/do not
• *rāpâ*: Hiphil jussive 2nd person masculine singular - forsake/abandon/let go

Word Meanings

• *YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
• *gāmar*: complete/fulfill/accomplish/perfect/finish
• *ḥesed*: lovingkindness/steadfast love/covenant faithfulness/mercy
• *ʿōlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity/ancient time
• *maʿăśeh*: work/deed/labor/action/product
• *yād*: hands/power/strength/authority
• *rāpâ*: abandon/forsake/let go/relax your hold

Referenced Verses

• Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
• Ps 57:2 : 2 I will cry{H8799)} unto God most high; unto God that performeth{H8802)} all things for me.
• 1 Thess 5:24 : 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
• Isa 26:12 : 12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
• Ps 136:1 : 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
• Ps 100:3 : 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
• Ps 71:6-9 : 6 By thee have I been holden up{H8738)} from the womb: thou art he that took{H8802)} me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled{H8735)} with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. 9 Cast me not off{H8686)} in the time of old age; forsake{H8799)} me not when my strength faileth{H8800)}.
• Isa 43:21 : 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
• Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
• Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
• John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
• 1 Pet 1:3-5 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, thou hast taught{H8765)} me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared{H8686)} thy wondrous works{H8737)}. 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H8686)} thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come{H8799)}.
• Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
• Job 10:8 : 8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
• Ps 100:5 : 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
• Job 14:15 : 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
• Rom 5:10 : 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: