Psalms 32:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־זֹ֡את יִתְפַּלֵּ֬ל כָּל־חָסִ֨יד ׀ אֵלֶיךָ֮ לְעֵ֢ת מְ֫צֹ֥א רַ֗ק לְ֭שֵׁטֶף מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים אֵ֝לָ֗יו לֹ֣א יַגִּֽיעוּ׃

Transliteration

ʿal-zōʾt yitpallēl kol-ḥāsîḏ ʾēleḵā ləʿēt məṣōʾ raq ləšēṭeḕ mayim rabbîm ʾēlāyw lōʾ yaggîʿû.

Grammar Details

• *ʿal*-*zōʾt*: preposition + feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - concerning this
• *yitpallēl*: hitpael imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will pray
• *kol*-*ḥāsîḏ*: noun construct + masculine singular noun - every godly one
• *ʾēleḵā*: preposition *ʾel* with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
• *ləʿēt*: preposition *lə-* + feminine singular construct noun - at time of
• *məṣōʾ*: qal infinitive construct - finding
• *raq*: adverb - surely/only
• *ləšēṭeḕ*: preposition *lə-* + masculine singular construct noun - at/for flood of
• *mayim*: masculine plural noun - waters
• *rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many/great
• *ʾēlāyw*: preposition *ʾel* with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yaggîʿû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will reach

Word Meanings

• *ʿal*-*zōʾt*: because of this/concerning this/therefore
• *yitpallēl*: will pray/will intercede
• *ḥāsîḏ*: godly one/faithful one/pious one/saint
• *ləʿēt* *məṣōʾ*: at time of finding/at the time you may be found/at a time of accessibility
• *šēṭeḕ* *mayim* *rabbîm*: flood of many waters/overflow of great waters

Referenced Verses

• Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
• Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
• Ps 4:3 : 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
• Ps 34:2-5 : 2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
• John 7:34 : 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
• 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
• 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
• 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
• Titus 2:12 : 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
• 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
• Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
• Luke 19:42-44 : 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
• Ps 40:3 : 3 And he hath put{H8799)} a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see{H8799)} it, and fear{H8799)}, and shall trust{H8799)} in the LORD.
• Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
• Ps 51:12-13 : 12 Restore{H8685)} unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold{H8799)} me with thy free spirit. 13 Then will I teach{H8762)} transgressors{H8802)} thy ways; and sinners shall be converted{H8799)} unto thee.
• Ps 69:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save{H8685)} me, O God; for the waters are come{H8804)} in unto my soul. 2 I sink{H8804)} in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come{H8804)} into deep waters, where the floods overflow{H8804)} me.
• Ps 69:13-15 : 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear{H8798)} me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver{H8685)} me out of the mire, and let me not sink{H8799)}: let me be delivered{H8735)} from them that hate{H8802)} me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her mouth upon me.
• Ps 124:4-5 : 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
• Ps 144:7 : 7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
• Prov 1:28 : 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
• Gen 7:17-22 : 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
• Rev 12:15-16 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.