Psalms 5:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽהוָ֗ה בֹּ֭קֶר תִּשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלִ֑י בֹּ֥קֶר אֶֽעֱרָךְ־לְ֝ךָ֗ וַאֲצַפֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

YHWH bōqer tišmaʿ qôlî bōqer ʾeʿĕrāk-to-ləkā and-ʾăṣappeh

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*bōqer*: masculine singular noun - morning
*tišmaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will hear
*qôlî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my voice
*ʾeʿĕrāk*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will arrange/set in order
*ləkā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to/for you
*ʾăṣappeh*: Piel imperfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I will watch/look

Word Meanings

*bōqer*: morning/daybreak
*tišmaʿ*: you will hear/listen
*ʾeʿĕrāk*: I will arrange/set in order/direct/prepare
*ʾăṣappeh*: I will watch/look expectantly/wait/hope

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Ps 50:21 : 21 These things hast thou done{H8804)}, and I kept silence{H8689)}; thou thoughtest{H8765)} that I was altogether{H8800)} such an one as thyself: but I will reprove{H8686)} thee, and set them in order{H8799)} before thine eyes.
Ps 92:15 : 15 To shew{H8687)} that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness {H8675)} in him.
Ps 94:20 : 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship{H8792)} with thee, which frameth{H8802)} mischief by a law?
Ps 101:7 : 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Ps 140:13 : 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Mal 2:17 : 17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
2 Pet 3:13 : 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Rev 21:27 : 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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