Psalms 18:39

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֭מְחָצֵם וְלֹא־יֻ֣כְלוּ ק֑וּם יִ֝פְּל֗וּ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽי׃

Transliteration

emchatsom and not-yuchlu qum yiplu tachat raglay.

Grammar Details

*emchatsom*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will shatter them
*yuchlu*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be able
*qum*: qal infinitive construct - to rise
*yiplu*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will fall
*tachat*: preposition - under
*raglay*: feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my feet

Word Meanings

*emchatsom*: I will shatter them/I will crush them/I will wound them
*yuchlu*: they will be able/they will have power
*qum*: to rise/to stand/to get up
*yiplu*: they will fall/they will collapse

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Referenced Verses

Ps 18:32 : 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Ps 34:21 : 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Ps 66:3 : 3 Say{H8798)} unto God, How terrible{H8737)} art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies{H8802)} submit{H8762)} themselves unto thee.
Prov 8:36 : 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Isa 45:14 : 14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Lam 5:5 : 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
Ezek 30:24-25 : 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
John 15:23 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
1 Cor 15:25-28 : 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Eph 1:22 : 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Phil 3:21 : 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
2 Sam 22:40-41 : 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
1 Chr 22:18 : 18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.

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