Psalms 21:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫כִּֽי־הַ֭מֶּלֶךְ בֹּטֵ֣חַ בַּיהוָ֑ה וּבְחֶ֥סֶד עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃‬

Transliteration

For hammelek bōṭēaḥ in-YHWH and-in-ḥesed ʿelyôn bal-yimmôṭ

Grammar Details

*hammelek*: definite article + masculine singular noun + conjunction ki - for the king
*bōṭēaḥ*: masculine singular Qal participle - trusting
*YHWH*: divine name with preposition bet - in Yahweh/LORD
*ḥesed*: masculine singular noun with preposition bet + conjunction waw - and in lovingkindness
*ʿelyôn*: masculine singular adjective/name - Most High
*bal*: negative particle - not
*yimmôṭ*: 3rd person masculine singular Niphal imperfect - he will be shaken

Word Meanings

*hammelek*: the king/ruler/sovereign
*bōṭēaḥ*: trusting/relying/having confidence
*ḥesed*: lovingkindness/steadfast love/covenant faithfulness
*ʿelyôn*: Most High/Highest/Supreme
*yimmôṭ*: be shaken/be moved/be dislodged

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 10:10 : 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
Amos 9:2-3 : 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Luke 19:27 : 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
Heb 10:28-29 : 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Rev 19:15 : 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
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 31:3 : 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
2 Sam 7:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
Ps 2:9 : 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Ps 18:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Ps 72:9 : 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow{H8799)} before him; and his enemies{H8802)} shall lick{H8762)} the dust.
Ps 89:22-23 : 22 The enemy{H8802)} shall not exact{H8686)} upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict{H8762)} him. 23 And I will beat down{H8804)} his foes before his face, and plague{H8799)} them that hate{H8764)} him.
Ps 110:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

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9Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
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6Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
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