Psalms 17:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּ לִבִּ֨י ׀ פָּ֘קַ֤דְתָּ לַּ֗יְלָה צְרַפְתַּ֥נִי בַל־תִּמְצָ֑א זַ֝מֹּתִ֗י בַּל־יַעֲבָר־פִּֽי׃

Transliteration

Bāḥantā libbî pāqadtā laylāh ṣǝraftanî bal-timṣā' zammōtî bal-ya'ăbār-pî

Grammar Details

*Bāḥantā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have examined/tested
*libbî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart
*pāqadtā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have visited/inspected
*laylāh*: noun, masculine singular - night
*ṣǝraftanî*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you have refined/tested me
*bal-timṣā'*: negative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will not find
*zammōtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have purposed/planned/thought
*bal-ya'ăbār-pî*: negative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun + 1st person singular suffix - will not transgress my mouth

Word Meanings

*pāqadtā*: you have visited/inspected/attended to
*ṣǝraftanî*: you have refined/tested/tried me (as metal)
*zammōtî*: I have purposed/devised/planned/thought

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Ps 39:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said{H8804)}, I will take heed{H8799)} to my ways, that I sin{H8800)} not with my tongue: I will keep{H8799)} my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proved{H8804)} us: thou hast tried{H8804)} us, as silver is tried{H8800)}.
Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Ps 16:7 : 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
Mal 3:2 : 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Ps 139:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Prov 13:3 : 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Jer 50:20 : 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
Hos 7:6 : 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Ps 44:17-21 : 17 All this is come{H8804)} upon us; yet have we not forgotten{H8804)} thee, neither have we dealt falsely{H8765)} in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned{H8738)} back, neither have our steps declined{H8799)} from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken{H8765)} us in the place of dragons, and covered{H8762)} us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten{H8804)} the name of our God, or stretched out{H8799)} our hands to a strange{H8801)} god; 21 Shall not God search this out{H8799)}? for he knoweth{H8802)} the secrets of the heart.
Job 24:14 : 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
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.
1 Sam 24:12 : 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Sam 26:11 : 11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
1 Sam 26:23 : 23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.
Acts 16:9 : 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him , saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
Acts 18:9-9 : 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

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