Psalms 59:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They run{H8799)} and prepare{H8709)} themselves without my fault: awake{H8798)} to help{H8800)} me, and behold{H8798)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י הִנֵּ֪ה אָֽרְב֡וּ לְנַפְשִׁ֗י יָג֣וּרוּ עָלַ֣י עַזִ֑ים לֹא־פִשְׁעִ֖י וְלֹא־חַטָּאתִ֣י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

For hinnēh they ʾārĕbû for napšî they yāgûrû against me ʿazzîm not pišʿî and not ḥaṭṭātî YHWH.

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
*ʾārĕbû*: Qal perfect, 3rd plural - they lie in wait/ambush
*napšî*: feminine noun with 1st person singular suffix and preposition lə- - for my soul/life
*yāgûrû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they gather/assemble
*ʿazzîm*: masculine plural adjective - strong/fierce ones
*pišʿî*: masculine noun with 1st person singular suffix with negative particle lō- - not my transgression
*ḥaṭṭātî*: feminine noun with 1st person singular suffix with negative particle lō- and conjunction wə- - and not my sin
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD

Word Meanings

*ʾārĕbû*: lie in wait/ambush/lurk
*napšî*: my soul/my life/myself
*yāgûrû*: gather/assemble/band together
*ʿazzîm*: strong ones/fierce ones/powerful ones
*pišʿî*: my transgression/my rebellion/my offense

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Referenced Verses

Ps 35:23 : 23 Stir up thyself, and awake{H8685)} to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Ps 44:23 : 23 Awake{H8798)}, why sleepest{H8799)} thou, O Lord? arise{H8685)}, cast us not off{H8799)} for ever.
Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Acts 23:15 : 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
Rom 3:15 : 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
1 Sam 19:12-24 : 12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? 18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
Ps 5:6 : 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Ps 35:19 : 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice{H8799)} over me: neither let them wink{H8799)} with the eye that hate{H8802)} me without a cause.

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22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence{H8799)}: O Lord, be not far{H8799)} from me.
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73%
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Ps 70:1
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Ps 44:23
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23Awake{H8798)}, why sleepest{H8799)} thou, O Lord? arise{H8685)}, cast us not off{H8799)} for ever.
Ps 3:1
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Ps 35:2
72%
2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
Ps 94:16
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Ps 71:10
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Ps 13:4
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Ps 57:8
71%
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21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
Ps 71:12
71%
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Ps 25:19
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Ps 38:19
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Job 16:10
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Isa 63:5
70%
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Ps 30:10
70%
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Ps 35:7
70%
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Ps 9:13
70%
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