Psalms 9:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָֽאוֹיֵ֨ב ׀ תַּ֥מּוּ חֳרָב֗וֹת לָ֫נֶ֥צַח וְעָרִ֥ים נָתַ֑שְׁתָּ אָבַ֖ד זִכְרָ֣ם הֵֽמָּה׃

Transliteration

The 'ôyēb - tāmam ḥorbâ to neṣaḥ and 'îr you have nātaš; 'ābad their zēker - they

Grammar Details

• *'ôyēb*: masculine singular noun with definite article - 'the enemy'
• *tāmam*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they are finished/completed'
• *ḥorbâ*: feminine plural noun - 'ruins/desolations'
• *neṣaḥ*: masculine singular noun with lamed prefix - 'to perpetuity/forever'
• *'îr*: feminine plural noun - 'cities'
• *nātaš*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you have uprooted/abandoned'
• *'ābad*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'has perished'
• *zēker*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their memory'

Word Meanings

• *'ôyēb*: enemy/foe/adversary
• *tāmam*: be complete/finished/consumed/come to an end
• *ḥorbâ*: ruins/desolations/demolished places
• *neṣaḥ*: perpetuity/eminence/enduring/forever
• *'îr*: cities/towns/settlements
• *nātaš*: uproot/tear down/abandon/destroy
• *'ābad*: perish/be destroyed/vanish
• *zēker*: memory/remembrance/memorial

Referenced Verses

• Ps 50:3-5 : 3 Our God shall come{H8799)}, and shall not keep silence{H8799)}: a fire shall devour{H8799)} before him, and it shall be very tempestuous{H8738)} round about him. 4 He shall call{H8799)} to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge{H8800)} his people. 5 Gather{H8798)} my saints together unto me; those that have made{H8802)} a covenant with me by sacrifice.
• Ps 89:14 : 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go{H8762)} before thy face.
• Ps 90:2 : 2 Before the mountains were brought forth{H8795)}, or ever thou hadst formed{H8787)} the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
• Ps 102:12 : 12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
• Ps 102:24-27 : 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
• Ps 103:19 : 19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
• Heb 1:11-12 : 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
• Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
• 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.