Psalms 97:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֹהֲבֵ֥י יְהוָ֗ה שִׂנְא֫וּ רָ֥ע שֹׁ֭מֵר נַפְשׁ֣וֹת חֲסִידָ֑יו מִיַּ֥ד רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יַצִּילֵֽם

Transliteration

ʾōhăḇê YHWH śinʾû rāʿ šōmēr nap̄šôṯ ḥăsîḏāyw miyyaḏ rəšāʿîm yaṣṣîlēm

Grammar Details

• *ʾōhăḇê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - ones loving
• *YHWH*: proper divine name
• *śinʾû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - hate!
• *rāʿ*: noun, masculine singular - evil
• *šōmēr*: qal participle, masculine singular - guarding/keeping
• *nap̄šôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - souls of
• *ḥăsîḏāyw*: noun, masculine plural + suffix, 3rd person masculine singular - his faithful ones
• *miyyaḏ*: preposition min + noun, feminine singular construct - from hand of
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *yaṣṣîlēm*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + suffix, 3rd person masculine plural - he will deliver them

Word Meanings

• *ʾōhăḇê*: ones loving/those who love
• *śinʾû*: hate!/detest!/reject!
• *rāʿ*: evil/wickedness/harm
• *šōmēr*: guarding/keeping/protecting
• *nap̄šôṯ*: souls/lives/persons
• *ḥăsîḏāyw*: his faithful ones/his godly ones/his loyal followers
• *miyyaḏ*: from hand of/from power of/from control of
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/guilty ones/evildoers
• *yaṣṣîlēm*: he will deliver them/he will rescue them/he will save them

Referenced Verses

• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
• Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
• Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
• Prov 2:8 : 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
• Dan 3:28 : 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
• Ps 34:14 : 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
• Ps 31:23 : 23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
• Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
• Jer 15:21 : 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
• Dan 6:27 : 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
• Dan 6:22 : 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
• Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
• Isa 45:17 : 17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
• Ps 119:163 : 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
• Ps 125:3 : 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
• Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth{H8691)} himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth{H8799)} not evil.
• Ps 37:27-28 : 27 Depart from evil, and do{H8798)} good; and dwell{H8798)} for evermore. 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 37:39-40 : 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver{H8762)} them: he shall deliver{H8762)} them from the wicked, and save{H8686)} them, because they trust{H8804)} in him.
• Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he hath set his love{H8804)} upon me, therefore will I deliver{H8762)} him: I will set him on high{H8762)}, because he hath known{H8804)} my name.
• Ps 101:3 : 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
• John 20:28-30 : 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
• Rom 7:15 : 15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
• Rom 7:24 : 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
• Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
• 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
• 2 Thess 2:8-9 : 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• 2 Thess 3:2 : 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
• Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love him, because he first loved us.
• 1 John 5:2-3 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
• 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Ps 119:104 : 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.