Psalms 7:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will thank the LORD for his justice; I will sing praises to the LORD Most High!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָשׁ֣וּב עֲמָל֣וֹ בְרֹאשׁ֑וֹ וְעַ֥ל קָ֝דְקֳד֗וֹ חֲמָס֥וֹ יֵרֵֽד׃

Transliteration

yāshûb ʿămālô on-rōʾshô and-upon qodqodô ḥămāsô yērēd

Grammar Details

• *yāshûb*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will return
• *ʿămālô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his trouble/mischief
• *bərōʾshô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - upon his head
• *wəʿal-qodqodô*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and upon his crown/skull
• *ḥămāsô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his violence
• *yērēd*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will descend/come down

Word Meanings

• *yāshûb*: will return/will come back/will revert
• *ʿămālô*: his trouble/his mischief/his labor/his toil
• *rōʾshô*: his head (literal and figurative for responsibility)
• *qodqodô*: his crown/his skull/top of his head
• *ḥămāsô*: his violence/his wrong/his cruelty
• *yērēd*: will descend/will come down/will fall

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:2 : 2 I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O Most High!
• Ps 71:15-16 : 15 I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent. 16 I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the Sovereign LORD. I will proclaim your justice– yours alone.
• Ps 92:1 : 1 A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High!
• Ps 92:8 : 8 But you, O LORD, reign forever!
• Ps 98:2 : 2 The LORD demonstrates his power to deliver; in the sight of the nations he reveals his justice.
• Ps 111:3 : 3 His work is majestic and glorious, and his faithfulness endures forever.
• Ps 145:7 : 7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.
• Dan 4:17 : 17 This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’
• Dan 4:25 : 25 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.
• Dan 4:34 : 34 But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
• Acts 7:48 : 48 Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,
• Ps 35:28 : 28 Then I will tell others about your justice, and praise you all day long.
• Ps 51:14 : 14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your righteousness.