Psalms 9:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, LORD, do not abandon those who seek your help.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וִ֘יהִ֤י יְהוָ֣ה מִשְׂגָּ֣ב לַדָּ֑ךְ מִ֝שְׂגָּ֗ב לְעִתּ֥וֹת בַּצָּרָֽה׃

Transliteration

And YHWH will be miśgāb for the dak; miśgāb for 'ittôt in the ṣārâ

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: divine name - 'LORD'
• *miśgāb*: masculine singular noun - 'stronghold/refuge'
• *dak*: masculine singular adjective with lamed prefix - 'for the oppressed'
• *'ittôt*: feminine plural noun with lamed prefix - 'for times'
• *ṣārâ*: feminine singular noun with bet prefix and definite article - 'in the distress'

Word Meanings

• *miśgāb*: stronghold/refuge/high place/secure height
• *dak*: oppressed/crushed/downtrodden
• *'ittôt*: times/seasons/occasions
• *ṣārâ*: distress/trouble/adversity/anguish

Referenced Verses

• Ps 91:14 : 14 The LORD says,“Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.
• 2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of the LORD is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.
• Isa 26:3-4 : 3 You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you. 4 Trust in the LORD from this time forward, even in Yah, the LORD, an enduring protector!
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
• Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,‘Seek me in vain!’ I am the LORD, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.
• Isa 46:3-4 : 3 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob, all you who are left from the family of Israel, you who have been carried from birth, you who have been supported from the time you left the womb. 4 Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the LORD by name. 6 The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, 7 keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the LORD examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
• Ps 5:11 : 11 But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!
• Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
• Ps 57:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.
• 1 John 2:3 : 3 Keeping God’s Commandments Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
• Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! 4 Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!
• Ps 146:5-6 : 5 How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, 6 the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,
• Jer 29:13 : 13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
• John 17:3 : 3 Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby! 7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.