Psalms 59:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Slay{H8799)} them not, lest my people forget{H8799)}: scatter{H8685)} them by thy power; and bring them down{H8685)}, O Lord our shield.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱלֹהֵ֣י *חסדו **חַסְדִּ֣י יְקַדְּמֵ֑נִי אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים יַרְאֵ֥נִי בְשֹׁרְרָֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾĕlōhê ḥasdî yĕqaddĕmēnî ʾĕlōhîm yarʾēnî with šōrĕrāy.

Grammar Details

*ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct noun - God of
*ḥasdî*: masculine noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lovingkindness (Ketiv: his lovingkindness - *ḥasdô*; Qere: my lovingkindness - *ḥasdî*)
*yĕqaddĕmēnî*: Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he will come before me/meet me
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God
*yarʾēnî*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he will let me see/show me
*šōrĕrāy*: Qal participle, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix and preposition bə- - with those who watch me/my enemies

Word Meanings

*ḥasdî*: my lovingkindness/my steadfast love/my mercy (textual variant with *ḥasdô* - his lovingkindness)
*yĕqaddĕmēnî*: will come before me/will meet me/will anticipate me/will prevent me
*šōrĕrāy*: those who watch me/my enemies/those who lie in wait for me

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Referenced Verses

Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Ps 44:11 : 11 Thou hast given{H8799)} us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered{H8765)} us among the heathen.
Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy{H8799)} thee for ever, he shall take thee away{H8799)}, and pluck thee out{H8799)} of thy dwelling place, and root thee out{H8765)} of the land of the living. Selah.
Ps 84:9 : 9 Behold{H8798)}, O God our shield, and look{H8685)} upon the face of thine anointed.
Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give{H8799)} grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold{H8799)} from them that walk{H8802)} uprightly.
Ps 106:27 : 27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ezek 12:15-16 : 15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. 16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 14:22-23 : 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
Luke 1:51-52 : 51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Luke 21:21 : 21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
Rev 9:6 : 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Gen 4:12-15 : 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Lev 26:33 : 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
Deut 4:27 : 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
Deut 30:3-4 : 3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
Judg 1:6-7 : 6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Job 40:12 : 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

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