Psalms 99:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעֹ֥ז מֶלֶךְ֮ מִשְׁפָּ֢ט אָ֫הֵ֥ב אַ֭תָּה כּוֹנַ֣נְתָּ מֵישָׁרִ֑ים מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה בְּיַעֲקֹ֤ב ׀ אַתָּ֬ה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿōz meleḵ mišpāṭ ʾāhēḇ ʾattāh kônantā mêšārîm mišpāṭ û-ṣədāqāh in-yaʿăqōḇ ʾattāh ʿāśîtā

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿōz*: conjunction + common noun, masculine singular construct - and strength of
• *meleḵ*: common noun, masculine singular construct - king
• *mišpāṭ*: common noun, masculine singular - judgment/justice
• *ʾāhēḇ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - loves
• *ʾattāh*: personal pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
• *kônantā*: polel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you established
• *mêšārîm*: common noun, masculine plural - equity/uprightness
• *û-ṣədāqāh*: conjunction + common noun, feminine singular - and righteousness
• *yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun - Jacob/Israel, with preposition *bə* - in
• *ʿāśîtā*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have done/made

Word Meanings

• *ʿōz*: strength/might/power
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/ordinance/right
• *ʾāhēḇ*: loves/is fond of
• *kônantā*: established/set up/prepared
• *mêšārîm*: equity/uprightness/fairness/righteousness

Referenced Verses

• Ps 11:7 : 7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
• Jer 23:5 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
• Jude 1:15 : 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
• Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
• Rev 19:16 : 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
• Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
• Deut 32:3-4 : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• 2 Sam 23:3-4 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
• Job 36:5-7 : 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
• Job 37:23 : 23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
• Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest{H8804)} righteousness, and hatest{H8799)} wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed{H8804)} thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Ps 72:1-2 : 1 A Psalm for Solomon. Give{H8798)} the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 He shall judge{H8799)} thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
• Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
• Isa 11:3-5 : 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
• Isa 42:4 : 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Isa 61:11 : 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.