Psalms 143:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּֽבְחַסְדְּךָ֮ תַּצְמִ֢ית אֹ֫יְבָ֥י וְֽ֭הַאֲבַדְתָּ כָּל־צֹרֲרֵ֣י נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּ֝֗י אֲנִ֣י עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

And in ḇeḥasdeḵā taṣmîṯ 'ōyeḇāy and ha'ăḇadtā all-ṣōrărê nap̄šî; kî I 'ănî 'aḇdeḵā.

Grammar Details

*ûḇeḥasdeḵā*: conjunction + preposition bet + noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and in your lovingkindness
*taṣmîṯ*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will silence/destroy
*'ōyeḇāy*: noun, masculine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - my enemies
*weha'ăḇadtā*: conjunction + hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will destroy
*kol-ṣōrărê*: noun, masculine, singular, construct + qal participle, masculine, plural, construct - all adversaries of
*nap̄šî*: noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*'ănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*'aḇdeḵā*: noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant

Word Meanings

*ḇeḥasdeḵā*: in your lovingkindness/in your steadfast love/by your mercy
*taṣmîṯ*: silence/destroy/cut off
*'ōyeḇāy*: my enemies/my foes
*ha'ăḇadtā*: destroy/cause to perish/wipe out
*ṣōrărê nap̄šî*: adversaries of my soul/those who afflict my life/those who distress me
*'aḇdeḵā*: your servant/your slave

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 54:5 : 5 He shall reward {H8686)}{H8675)}{H8799)} evil unto mine enemies{H8802)}: cut them off{H8685)} in thy truth.
Ps 116:16 : 16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
1 Sam 24:12-15 : 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. 15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
1 Sam 26:10 : 10 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy{H8799)} thee for ever, he shall take thee away{H8799)}, and pluck thee out{H8799)} of thy dwelling place, and root thee out{H8765)} of the land of the living. Selah.
Ps 119:94 : 94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 136:15-20 : 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. 17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: 20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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