Psalms 71:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Saying{H8800)}, God hath forsaken{H8804)} him: persecute{H8798)} and take{H8798)} him; for there is none to deliver{H8688)} him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵ֭אמֹר אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֲזָב֑וֹ רִֽדְפ֥וּ וְ֝תִפְשֻׂ֗והוּ כִּי־אֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

To lēʾmōr ʾĕlōhîm ʿăzābô ridpû wətipsûhû for-none maṣṣîl

Grammar Details

*lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - 'saying'
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'God'
*ʿăzābô*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'has forsaken him'
*ridpû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - 'pursue'
*wətipsûhû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural with conjunction and 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'and seize him'
*maṣṣîl*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - 'deliverer'

Word Meanings

*lēʾmōr*: saying/to say
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
*ʿăzābô*: has forsaken him/has abandoned him/has left him
*ridpû*: pursue/chase/follow after
*tipsûhû*: seize him/catch him/capture him
*maṣṣîl*: deliverer/rescuer/savior

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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:2 : 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Ps 3:2 : 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
2 Chr 32:13-14 : 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen{H8804)} the righteous forsaken{H8737)}, nor his seed begging{H8764)} bread.
Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh{H8799)} not his saints; they are preserved{H8738)} for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off{H8738)}.
Ps 41:7-8 : 7 All that hate{H8802)} me whisper{H8691)} together against me: against me do they devise{H8799)} my hurt. 8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast{H8803)} unto him: and now that he lieth{H8804)} he shall rise up{H8800)} no more{H8686)}.
Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies{H8802)} reproach{H8765)} me; while they say{H8800)} daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider{H8798)} this, ye that forget{H8802)} God, lest I tear you in pieces{H8799)}, and there be none to deliver{H8688)}.
Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Matt 27:42-43 : 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said , I am the Son of God.
Matt 27:46 : 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matt 27:49 : 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

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