Psalms 63:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My soul followeth hard{H8804)} after thee: thy right hand upholdeth{H8804)} me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הָיִ֣יתָ עֶזְרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י וּבְצֵ֖ל כְּנָפֶ֣יךָ אֲרַנֵּֽן׃

Transliteration

For hāyîtā ʿezrātāh to me and in ṣēl kənāpekā ʾărannēn

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*hāyîtā*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have been
*ʿezrātāh*: noun, feminine singular - help
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
*ubəṣēl*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and in shadow of
*kənāpekā*: noun, feminine dual with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your wings
*ʾărannēn*: verb, Piel imperfect, 1st singular - I will sing for joy

Word Meanings

*ʿezrātāh*: help/assistance/support
*ṣēl*: shadow/shade/protection
*kənāpekā*: your wings/your protective covering
*ʾărannēn*: I will sing for joy/I will shout with joy/I will rejoice

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 18:35 : 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Gen 32:26-28 : 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
2 Chr 31:21 : 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Luke 18:5-7 : 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Phil 2:12-13 : 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Col 1:29 : 29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down{H8714)}: for the LORD upholdeth{H8802)} him with his hand.
Ps 41:12 : 12 And as for me, thou upholdest{H8804)} me in mine integrity, and settest{H8686)} me before thy face for ever.
Ps 73:23 : 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden{H8804)} me by my right hand.
Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire{H8804)} beside thee.
Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said{H8804)}, My foot slippeth{H8804)}; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up{H8799)}.
Ps 143:6-7 : 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. 7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Song 2:6 : 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Song 3:2 : 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Matt 11:12 : 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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