Psalms 31:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ אָ֘מַ֤רְתִּי בְחָפְזִ֗י נִגְרַזְתִּי֮ מִנֶּ֢גֶד עֵ֫ינֶ֥יךָ אָכֵ֗ן שָׁ֭מַעְתָּ ק֥וֹל תַּחֲנוּנַ֗י בְּשַׁוְּעִ֥י אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

And-ʾănî ʾāmartî in-ḥāpzî nigrazti from-before ʿênêkā; ʾākēn šāmaʿtā qôl taḥănûnay in-šawwəʿî to-you

Grammar Details

• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *ʾāmartî*: verb, perfect 1st person singular - I said
• *ḥāpzî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition beth - in my alarm
• *nigrazti*: verb, Niphal perfect 1st person singular - I am cut off
• *ʿênêkā*: noun, feminine dual with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes
• *ʾākēn*: adverb - surely/indeed
• *šāmaʿtā*: verb, perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you heard
• *qôl*: noun, masculine singular construct - voice of
• *taḥănûnay*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my supplications
• *šawwəʿî*: verb, Piel infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition beth - in my crying

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmartî*: said/thought/declared
• *ḥāpzî*: my alarm/dismay/haste
• *nigrazti*: I am cut off/separated/excluded
• *ʾākēn*: surely/indeed/truly
• *taḥănûnay*: my supplications/pleas/entreaties
• *šawwəʿî*: my crying out/calling for help

Referenced Verses

• Ps 30:4 : 4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
• Ps 94:2 : 2 Lift up{H8734)} thyself, thou judge{H8802)} of the earth: render{H8685)} a reward to the proud.
• Ps 97:10 : 10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
• Ps 34:9 : 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
• Ps 54:5 : 5 He shall reward{H8686)}{H8675)}{H8799)} evil unto mine enemies{H8802)}: cut them off{H8685)} in thy truth.
• Ps 89:7 : 7 God is greatly to be feared{H8737)} in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence{H8737)} of all them that are about him.
• Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
• Deut 30:16 : 16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
• Deut 32:41 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
• Deut 33:3 : 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
• Ps 145:10 : 10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
• Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
• Isa 56:6 : 6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
• Mark 12:23 : 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
• John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
• 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.
• Rev 19:5-6 : 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.