Psalms 7:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָשׁ֣וּב עֲמָל֣וֹ בְרֹאשׁ֑וֹ וְעַ֥ל קָ֝דְקֳד֗וֹ חֲמָס֥וֹ יֵרֵֽד׃

Transliteration

yāshûb ʿămālô on-rōʾshô and-upon qodqodô ḥămāsô yērēd

Grammar Details

*yāshûb*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will return
*ʿămālô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his trouble/mischief
*bərōʾshô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - upon his head
*wəʿal-qodqodô*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and upon his crown/skull
*ḥămāsô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his violence
*yērēd*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will descend/come down

Word Meanings

*yāshûb*: will return/will come back/will revert
*ʿămālô*: his trouble/his mischief/his labor/his toil
*rōʾshô*: his head (literal and figurative for responsibility)
*qodqodô*: his crown/his skull/top of his head
*ḥămāsô*: his violence/his wrong/his cruelty
*yērēd*: will descend/will come down/will fall

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 9:2 : 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
Ps 71:15-16 : 15 My mouth shall shew forth{H8762)} thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know{H8804)} not the numbers thereof. 16 I will go in{H8799)} the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention{H8686)} of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Ps 92:1 : 1 A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks{H8687)} unto the LORD, and to sing praises{H8763)} unto thy name, O most High:
Ps 92:8 : 8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
Ps 98:2 : 2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
Ps 111:3 : 3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Ps 145:7 : 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Dan 4:17 : 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Dan 4:25 : 25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Dan 4:34 : 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
Acts 7:48 : 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Ps 35:28 : 28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Ps 51:14 : 14 Deliver{H8685)} me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud{H8762)} of thy righteousness.

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