Psalms 59:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake{H8685)} to visit{H8800)} all the heathen: be not merciful{H8799)} to any wicked transgressors{H8802)}. Selah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּֽלִי־עָ֭וֺן יְרוּצ֣וּן וְיִכּוֹנָ֑נוּ ע֖וּרָה לִקְרָאתִ֣י וּרְאֵה׃

Transliteration

Without ʿāwōn they yĕrûṣûn and they yikkônānû ʿûrāh to qĕrātî and rĕʾēh.

Grammar Details

*ʿāwōn*: masculine noun with preposition bĕlî- - without iniquity
*yĕrûṣûn*: Qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they run
*yikkônānû*: Hithpolel imperfect, 3rd plural with conjunction wə- - and they prepare themselves
*ʿûrāh*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - awake/rouse yourself
*qĕrātî*: infinitive construct with preposition lə- and 1st person singular suffix - to meet me
*rĕʾēh*: Qal imperative, masculine singular with conjunction wə- - and see

Word Meanings

*ʿāwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment for iniquity
*yikkônānû*: they prepare themselves/they establish themselves/they set themselves in array

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Referenced Verses

Gen 33:20 : 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
Exod 3:15 : 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Exod 20:5 : 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Ps 9:15 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Ps 54:3 : 3 For strangers{H8801)} are risen up{H8804)} against me, and oppressors seek{H8765)} after my soul: they have not set{H8804)} God before them. Selah.
Ps 55:15 : 15 Let death seize {H8686)}{H8675)} upon them, and let them go down{H8799)} quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Ps 80:4 : 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry{H8804)} against the prayer of thy people?
Ps 84:8 : 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear{H8798)} my prayer: give ear{H8685)}, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Isa 1:10 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Jer 18:23 : 23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
Ezek 18:27-28 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Amos 9:7 : 7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Rom 9:6 : 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Jas 2:13 : 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

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