Psalms 59:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken{H8735)} in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak{H8762)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם ׀ פֶּֽן־יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ עַמִּ֗י הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ בְ֭חֵילְךָ וְהוֹרִידֵ֑מוֹ מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּ אֲדֹנָֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾal-tahargēm lest they yiškĕḥû ʿammî make them hănîʿēmô with ḥêlĕkā and bring them down hôrîdēmô our māginnēnû ʾădōnāy.

Grammar Details

*tahargēm*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix and negative particle ʾal- - do not kill them
*yiškĕḥû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd plural with conjunction pen- - lest they forget
*ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my people
*hănîʿēmô*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - cause them to wander/shake them
*ḥêlĕkā*: masculine noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix and preposition bə- - with your power
*hôrîdēmô*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix and conjunction wə- - and bring them down
*māginnēnû*: masculine noun with 1st person plural suffix - our shield
*ʾădōnāy*: divine title - my Lord/master

Word Meanings

*hănîʿēmô*: cause them to wander/shake them/make them stagger
*ḥêlĕkā*: your power/your strength/your army
*māginnēnû*: our shield/our defense/our protection

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Referenced Verses

Prov 12:13 : 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Hos 4:2 : 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Matt 12:36-37 : 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Ps 10:2 : 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Ps 120:3-4 : 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Ps 140:9-9 : 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Prov 6:2 : 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Prov 11:6 : 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Ps 64:7-8 : 7 But God shall shoot{H8686)} at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall{H8686)} upon themselves: all that see{H8802)} them shall flee away{H8709)}.
Ps 79:12 : 12 And render{H8685)} unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached{H8765)} thee, O Lord.
Ps 109:17-18 : 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Matt 27:25 : 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Matt 27:63 : 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Luke 23:5 : 5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
Zeph 3:11 : 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

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