Psalms 84:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give{H8799)} grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold{H8799)} from them that walk{H8802)} uprightly.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י טֽוֹב־י֥וֹם בַּחֲצֵרֶ֗יךָ מֵ֫אָ֥לֶף בָּחַ֗רְתִּי הִ֭סְתּוֹפֵף בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהַ֑י מִ֝דּ֗וּר בְּאָהֳלֵי־רֶֽשַׁע׃

Transliteration

For ṭôb-yôm in ḥăṣêreykā from ʾālep bāḥartî histôpēp in bêt ʾĕlōhay from dûr in ʾohŏlê-rešaʿ

Grammar Details

• *ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - 'good'
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun - 'day'
• *ḥăṣêreykā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix with preposition ba- - 'in your courts'
• *ʾālep*: masculine singular noun with preposition mē- - 'than a thousand'
• *bāḥartî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have chosen'
• *histôpēp*: Hithpoel infinitive construct - 'to stand at the threshold'
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct with preposition bə- - 'in the house of'
• *ʾĕlōhay*: masculine plural noun + 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my God'
• *dûr*: Qal infinitive construct with preposition min- - 'than to dwell'
• *ʾohŏlê*: masculine plural construct - 'tents of'
• *rešaʿ*: masculine singular noun - 'wickedness'

Word Meanings

• *ṭôb*: good/pleasant/favorable
• *ḥăṣêreykā*: your courts/your yards/your enclosures
• *bāḥartî*: I have chosen/I have selected/I prefer
• *histôpēp*: to stand at threshold/to be a doorkeeper/to linger at doorway
• *dûr*: to dwell/to reside/to live
• *ʾohŏlê*: tents/tabernacles/dwellings
• *rešaʿ*: wickedness/evil/unrighteousness

Referenced Verses

• Prov 2:7 : 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
• Ps 34:9-9 : 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Ps 85:12 : 12 Yea, the LORD shall give{H8799)} that which is good; and our land shall yield{H8799)} her increase.
• Phil 4:19 : 19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
• Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
• Prov 28:18 : 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
• Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
• Prov 10:9 : 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
• John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
• Ps 15:2 : 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
• Ps 27:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
• John 1:9 : 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
• Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
• Rom 8:16-18 : 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
• Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
• Ps 84:9 : 9 Behold{H8798)}, O God our shield, and look{H8685)} upon the face of thine anointed.
• Ps 119:114 : 114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
• John 1:16 : 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
• Mic 2:7 : 7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
• Ps 115:9-9 : 9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
• Ps 47:9 : 9 The princes of the people are gathered together{H8738)}, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted{H8738)}.