Psalms 7:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָה֮ יָדִ֢ין עַ֫מִּ֥ים שָׁפְטֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה כְּצִדְקִ֖י וּכְתֻמִּ֣י עָלָֽי׃

Transliteration

YHWH yādîn ʿammîm shāpṭēnî YHWH according to-ṣidqî and-according to-tummî upon-me

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: divine name
• *yādîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will judge
• *ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples
• *shāpṭēnî*: verb, qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - judge me
• *kəṣidqî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - according to my righteousness
• *ûḵətummî*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and according to my integrity
• *ʿālāy*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - upon me

Word Meanings

• *yādîn*: will judge/will vindicate/will execute judgment
• *ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/tribes
• *shāpṭēnî*: judge me/vindicate me/defend my cause
• *ṣidqî*: my righteousness/my justice/my righteous cause
• *tummî*: my integrity/my blamelessness/my completeness

Referenced Verses

• Jer 11:20 : 20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Ps 37:23 : 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth{H8799)} in his way.
• Ps 40:2 : 2 He brought me up{H8686)} also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set{H8686)} my feet upon a rock, and established{H8790)} my goings.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Jer 20:12 : 12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
• 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
• Ps 139:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
• Isa 37:36-38 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
• Dan 11:45 : 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
• Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
• Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
• Ps 44:21 : 21 Shall not God search this out{H8799)}? for he knoweth{H8802)} the secrets of the heart.
• Ps 58:6 : 6 Break{H8798)} their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out{H8800)} the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
• Ps 74:10-11 : 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach{H8762)}? shall the enemy{H8802)} blaspheme{H8762)} thy name for ever? 11 Why withdrawest{H8686)} thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck{H8761)} it out of thy bosom{H8675)}.
• Ps 74:22-23 : 22 Arise{H8798)}, O God, plead{H8798)} thine own cause: remember{H8798)} how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. 23 Forget{H8799)} not the voice of thine enemies{H8802)}: the tumult of those that rise up{H8801)} against thee increaseth{H8802)} continually.
• Ps 9:5-6 : 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
• Ps 10:15 : 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
• Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
• Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
• Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.