Psalms 28:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תֶּן־לָהֶ֣ם כְּפָעֳלָם֮ וּכְרֹ֢עַ מַֽעַלְלֵ֫יהֶ֥ם כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְ֭דֵיהֶם תֵּ֣ן לָהֶ֑ם הָשֵׁ֖ב גְּמוּלָ֣ם לָהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Ten-to them according to pāʿŏlām and according to rōaʿ maʿalĕlêhem, according to maʿăśēh yĕdêhem tēn to them; hāšēb gĕmûlām to them.

Grammar Details

• *Ten*: qal imperative masculine singular - give
• *pāʿŏlām*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their work/deed
• *rōaʿ*: noun masculine singular construct - evil/wickedness of
• *maʿalĕlêhem*: noun masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their deeds/practices
• *maʿăśēh*: noun masculine singular construct - work/deed of
• *yĕdêhem*: noun feminine dual with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their hands
• *tēn*: qal imperative masculine singular - give
• *hāšēb*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - cause to return/bring back
• *gĕmûlām*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their recompense/dealings

Word Meanings

• *pāʿŏlām*: their work/their deed/their action
• *rōaʿ*: evil/wickedness/malice
• *maʿalĕlêhem*: their deeds/their practices/their endeavors
• *gĕmûlām*: their recompense/their reward/what they deserve

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 4:14 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
• Rev 18:6 : 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
• Ps 62:12 : 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest{H8762)} to every man according to his work.
• Ps 69:22-24 : 22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened{H8799)}, that they see{H8800)} not; and make their loins continually to shake{H8685)}. 24 Pour out{H8798)} thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold{H8686)} of them.
• Ps 103:3-4 : 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
• Ps 103:10 : 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
• Ps 109:17-21 : 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
• Jer 18:21-23 : 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. 23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
• Ezek 38:10 : 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
• Rom 2:6-8 : 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
• Rom 11:22 : 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
• Rev 22:12 : 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
• Ezra 9:13 : 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
• Ps 2:1-5 : 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
• Ps 5:10 : 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
• Ps 21:10 : 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
• Ps 59:12-13 : 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken{H8735)} in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak{H8762)}. 13 Consume{H8761)} them in wrath, consume{H8761)} them, that they may not be: and let them know{H8799)} that God ruleth{H8802)} in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.