Psalms 5:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you, LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor, you will surround him as with a shield.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיִשְׂמְח֨וּ כָל־ח֪וֹסֵי בָ֡ךְ לְעוֹלָ֣ם יְ֭רַנֵּנוּ וְתָסֵ֣ךְ עָלֵ֑ימוֹ וְֽיַעְלְצ֥וּ בְ֝ךָ֗ אֹהֲבֵ֥י שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

And-yiśməḥû all-ḥôsê in-bāk to-ʿôlām yərannēnû and-tāsēk upon-ʿālêmô and-yaʿləṣû in-bəkā ʾōhăbê šəmekā

Grammar Details

• *yiśməḥû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will rejoice
• *ḥôsê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - those who take refuge
• *bāk*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in you
• *ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - forever
• *yərannēnû*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will shout for joy
• *tāsēk*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will spread a covering
• *ʿālêmô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - over them
• *yaʿləṣû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will exult
• *bəkā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in you
• *ʾōhăbê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - those who love
• *šəmekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name

Word Meanings

• *yiśməḥû*: they will rejoice/be glad
• *ḥôsê*: those who take refuge/trust/seek shelter
• *yərannēnû*: they will shout for joy/sing joyfully
• *tāsēk*: you will spread a covering/shelter/protect
• *yaʿləṣû*: they will exult/rejoice/triumph

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them sing for joy forever. Spread Your protection over them, and may those who love Your name exult in You.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou wilt bless{H1288} the righteous;{H6662} O Jehovah,{H3068} thou wilt compass{H5849} him with favor{H7522} as with a shield.{H6793}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou, LORD{H3068}, wilt bless{H1288}{(H8762)} the righteous{H6662}; with favour{H7522} wilt thou compass{H5849}{(H8799)} him as with a shield{H6793}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thou LORDE geuest thy blessinge vnto the rightuous: and with thy fauorable kyndnes thou defendest him, as with a shylde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thou Lorde wilt blesse the righteous, and with fauour wilt compasse him, as with a shielde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thou O God wylt blesse the righteous: and thou wylt compasse hym about with beneuolence, as with a shielde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield. Psalm 6 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield. For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Certainly you reward the godly, LORD. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 32:10 : 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
• Ps 115:13 : 13 He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.
• Ps 29:11 : 11 The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
• Ps 32:7 : 7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
• Ps 1:1-3 : 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.
• Ps 3:3 : 3 But you, O LORD, are a shield for me; my glory and the lifter of my head.
• Ps 3:8 : 8 Salvation belongs to the LORD; your blessing is upon your people. Selah.
• Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.