Psalms 37:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen{H8804)} the righteous forsaken{H8737)}, nor his seed begging{H8764)} bread.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נַ֤עַר ׀ הָיִ֗יתִי גַּם־זָ֫קַ֥נְתִּי וְֽלֹא־רָ֭אִיתִי צַדִּ֣יק נֶעֱזָ֑ב וְ֝זַרְע֗וֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־לָֽחֶם׃

Transliteration

A naʿar I hāyîtî, also I have zāqantî, and I have not rāʾîtî ṣaddîq neʿĕzāb, nor his zarʿô məbaqqēš-lāḥem.

Grammar Details

*naʿar*: masculine singular noun - young man/youth
*hāyîtî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I was/have been
*gam*: adverb - also/even
*zāqantî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have grown old
*wəlōʾ*: conjunction + particle of negation - and not
*rāʾîtî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have seen
*ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective/noun - righteous person
*neʿĕzāb*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - forsaken/abandoned
*zarʿô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his offspring/seed
*məbaqqēš*: Piel participle, masculine singular - seeking/begging for
*lāḥem*: masculine singular noun - bread/food

Word Meanings

*naʿar*: young man/youth/boy
*zāqantî*: I have grown old/I am now old
*neʿĕzāb*: forsaken/abandoned/left destitute
*zarʿô məbaqqēš-lāḥem*: his offspring begging for bread/his descendants seeking food

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Referenced Verses

Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh{H8799)} not his saints; they are preserved{H8738)} for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off{H8738)}.
Heb 12:5-6 : 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Ps 112:2 : 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
2 Cor 4:9 : 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Luke 1:53-55 : 53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; 55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Acts 21:16 : 16 {G1161} There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
Ps 59:15 : 15 Let them wander up and down {H8686)}{H8675)}{H8799)} for meat{H8800)}, and grudge{H8799)} if they be not satisfied{H8799)}.
Ps 71:9 : 9 Cast me not off{H8686)} in the time of old age; forsake{H8799)} me not when my strength faileth{H8800)}.
Ps 71:18 : 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H8686)} thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come{H8799)}.
Ps 94:14 : 14 For the LORD will not cast off{H8799)} his people, neither will he forsake{H8799)} his inheritance.
Job 15:23 : 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Job 32:6-7 : 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Josh 1:5 : 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Ps 109:10 : 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Isa 13:16 : 16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

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