1	Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
	× לְדָוִ֨ד׀ lə·ḏā·wiḏ Of David . Grammar Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 1732 BSB/Thayers       David = |beloved| 1) youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel × רִיבָ֣ה rî·ḇāh Contend Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strongs 7378 BSB/Thayers 1) to strive, contend   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to strive       1a1a) physically       1a1b) with words     1a2) to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue     1a3) to make complaint     1a4) to quarrel   1b) (Hiphil) to contend against × יְרִיבַ֑י yə·rî·ḇay with my opponents , Grammar Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strongs 3401 BSB/Thayers 1) contender, opponent, adversary × יְ֭הוָה Yah·weh O LORD ; Grammar Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 3068 BSB/Thayers           Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God   1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 × אֶת־ ’eṯ- . . . Grammar Direct object marker Strongs 854 BSB/Thayers 1) with, near, together with   1a) with, together with   1b) with (of relationship)   1c) near (of place)   1d) with (poss.)   1e) from...with, from (with other prep) × לְ֝חַ֗ם lə·ḥam fight against those Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strongs 3898 BSB/Thayers 1) to fight, do battle, make war   1a) (Qal) to fight, do battle   1b) (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war 2) (Qal) to eat, use as food × אֶת־ ’eṯ- . . . Grammar Direct object marker Strongs 854 BSB/Thayers 1) with, near, together with   1a) with, together with   1b) with (of relationship)   1c) near (of place)   1d) with (poss.)   1e) from...with, from (with other prep) × לֹֽחֲמָֽי׃ lō·ḥă·māy who fight against me . Grammar Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strongs 3898 BSB/Thayers 1) to fight, do battle, make war   1a) (Qal) to fight, do battle   1b) (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war 2) (Qal) to eat, use as food לְדָוִ֨ד׀ lə·ḏā·wiḏ Of David . רִיבָ֣ה rî·ḇāh Contend יְרִיבַ֑י yə·rî·ḇay with my opponents , יְ֭הוָה Yah·weh O LORD ; אֶת־ ’eṯ- . . . לְ֝חַ֗ם lə·ḥam fight against those אֶת־ ’eṯ- . . . לֹֽחֲמָֽי׃ lō·ḥă·māy who fight against me .
2	Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
	× הַחֲזֵ֣ק ha·ḥă·zêq Take up Grammar Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strongs 2388 BSB/Thayers 1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to be strong, grow strong       1a1a) to prevail, prevail upon       1a1b) to be firm, be caught fast, be secure       1a1c) to press, be urgent       1a1d) to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense)       1a1e) to be severe, be grievous     1a2) to strengthen   1b) (Piel)     1b1) to make strong     1b2) to restore to strength, give strength     1b3) to strengthen, sustain, encourage     1b4) to make strong, make bold, encourage     1b5) to make firm     1b6) to make rigid, make hard   1c) (Hiphil)     1c1) to make strong, strengthen     1c2) to make firm     1c3) to display strength     1c4) to make severe     1c5) to support     1c6) to repair     1c7) to prevail, prevail upon     1c8) to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support     1c9) to hold, contain   1d) (Hithpael)     1d1) to strengthen oneself     1d2) to put forth strength, use one's strength     1d3) to withstand     1d4) to hold strongly with × מָגֵ֣ן mā·ḡên Your shield Grammar Noun - common singular Strongs 4043 BSB/Thayers 1) shield, buckler × וְצִנָּ֑ה wə·ṣin·nāh and buckler ; Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strongs 6793 BSB/Thayers 1) something piercing, hook, barb   1a) meaning dubious 2) coolness, cold (of snow) 3) shield, large shield, buckler   3a) shield × וְ֝ק֗וּמָה wə·qū·māh arise and come Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strongs 6965 BSB/Thayers 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to arise     1a2) to arise (hostile sense)     1a3) to arise, become powerful     1a4) to arise, come on the scene     1a5) to stand       1a5a) to maintain oneself       1a5b) to be established, be confirmed       1a5c) to stand, endure       1a5d) to be fixed       1a5e) to be valid       1a5f) to be proven       1a5g) to be fulfilled       1a5h) to persist       1a5i) to be set, be fixed   1b) (Piel)     1b1) to fulfil     1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose   1c) (Polel) to raise up   1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up   1e) (Hiphil)     1e1) to cause to arise, raise     1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build     1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene     1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate     1e5) to raise up, constitute     1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish     1e7) to make binding     1e8) to carry out, give effect to   1f) (Hophal) to be raised up × בְּעֶזְרָתִֽי׃ bə·‘ez·rā·ṯî to my aid . Grammar Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 5833 BSB/Thayers 1) help, succour, assistance   1a) help, succour   1b) one who helps הַחֲזֵ֣ק ha·ḥă·zêq Take up מָגֵ֣ן mā·ḡên Your shield וְצִנָּ֑ה wə·ṣin·nāh and buckler ; וְ֝ק֗וּמָה wə·qū·māh arise and come בְּעֶזְרָתִֽי׃ bə·‘ez·rā·ṯî to my aid .
3	Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
	× וְהָ֘רֵ֤ק wə·hā·rêq Draw Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strongs 7324 BSB/Thayers 1) to make empty, empty out   1a) (Hiphil)     1a1) to empty, keep empty or hungry     1a2) to pour out or down     1a3) to empty out   1b) (Hophal) to be emptied out × חֲנִ֣ית ḥă·nîṯ the spear Grammar Noun - feminine singular Strongs 2595 BSB/Thayers 1) spear   1a) spear     1a1) shaft of a spear     1a2) spear-head × וּ֭סְגֹר ū·sə·ḡōr and javelin Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strongs 5462 Footnote Or and close the way BSB/Thayers 1) to shut, close   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to shut     1a2) to close, close up     1a3) closed up, closely joined, shut up   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be shut up     1b2) to be shut or closed   1c) (Piel) to shut up, deliver up   1d) (Pual) to be shut up   1e) (Hiphil)     1e1) to deliver up     1e2) to shut up, imprison × לִקְרַ֣את liq·raṯ against Grammar Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strongs 7122 BSB/Thayers 1) to encounter, befall, meet   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to meet, encounter     1a2) to befall (fig)   1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly   1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet × רֹדְפָ֑י rō·ḏə·p̄āy my pursuers ; Grammar Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strongs 7291 BSB/Thayers 1) to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon     1a2) to persecute, harass (fig)     1a3) to follow after, aim to secure (fig)     1a4) to run after (a bribe) (fig)   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be pursued     1b2) one pursued (participle)   1c) (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue   1d) (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away   1e) (Hiphil) to pursue, chase × אֱמֹ֥ר ’ĕ·mōr say Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strongs 559 BSB/Thayers 1) to say, speak, utter   1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend   1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called   1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly   1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch × לְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י lə·nap̄·šî to my soul : Grammar Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 5315 BSB/Thayers 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion   1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man   1b) living being   1c) living being (with life in the blood)   1d) the man himself, self, person or individual   1e) seat of the appetites   1f) seat of emotions and passions   1g) activity of mind     1g1) dubious   1h) activity of the will     1h1) dubious   1i) activity of the character     1i1) dubious × אָֽנִי׃ ’ā·nî “ I [am] Grammar Pronoun - first person common singular Strongs 589 BSB/Thayers 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) × יְֽשֻׁעָתֵ֥ךְ yə·šu·‘ā·ṯêḵ your salvation . ” Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strongs 3444 BSB/Thayers 1) salvation, deliverance   1a) welfare, prosperity   1b) deliverance   1c) salvation (by God)   1d) victory וְהָ֘רֵ֤ק wə·hā·rêq Draw חֲנִ֣ית ḥă·nîṯ the spear וּ֭סְגֹר ū·sə·ḡōr and javelin לִקְרַ֣את liq·raṯ against רֹדְפָ֑י rō·ḏə·p̄āy my pursuers ; אֱמֹ֥ר ’ĕ·mōr say לְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י lə·nap̄·šî to my soul : אָֽנִי׃ ’ā·nî “ I [am] יְֽשֻׁעָתֵ֥ךְ yə·šu·‘ā·ṯêḵ your salvation . ”
4	May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
	× מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י mə·ḇaq·šê May those who seek Grammar Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct Strongs 1245 BSB/Thayers 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request   1a) (Piel)     1a1) to seek to find     1a2) to seek to secure     1a3) to seek the face     1a4) to desire, demand     1a5) to require, exact     1a6) to ask, request   1b) (Pual) to be sought × נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י nap̄·šî my life Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 5315 BSB/Thayers 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion   1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man   1b) living being   1c) living being (with life in the blood)   1d) the man himself, self, person or individual   1e) seat of the appetites   1f) seat of emotions and passions   1g) activity of mind     1g1) dubious   1h) activity of the will     1h1) dubious   1i) activity of the character     1i1) dubious × יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ yê·ḇō·šū be disgraced Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 954 BSB/Thayers 1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to feel shame     1a2) to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)   1b) (Piel) to delay (in shame)   1c) (Hiphil)     1c1) to put to shame     1c2) to act shamefully     1c3) to be ashamed   1d) (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another × וְיִכָּלְמוּ֮ wə·yik·kā·lə·mū and put to shame ; Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 3637 BSB/Thayers 1) to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated   1a) (Niphal)     1a1) to be humiliated, be ashamed     1a2) to be put to shame, be dishonoured, be confounded   1b) (Hiphil)     1b1) to put to shame, insult, humiliate, cause shame to     1b2) to exhibit shame   1c) (Hophal)     1c1) to be insulted, be humiliated     1c2) to be put to shame, be dishonoured, be confounded × חֹ֝שְׁבֵ֗י ḥō·šə·ḇê may those who plan Grammar Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strongs 2803 BSB/Thayers 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to think, account     1a2) to plan, devise, mean     1a3) to charge, impute, reckon     1a4) to esteem, value, regard     1a5) to invent   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed     1b2) to be computed, be reckoned     1b3) to be imputed   1c) (Piel)     1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of     1c2) to think to do, devise, plan     1c3) to count, reckon   1d) (Hithpael) to be considered × רָעָתִֽי׃ rā·‘ā·ṯî to harm me Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 7451 BSB/Thayers adj 1) bad, evil   1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant   1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)   1c) evil, displeasing   1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)   1e) bad (of value)   1f) worse than, worst (comparison)   1g) sad, unhappy   1h) evil (hurtful)   1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)   1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)     1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts     1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity   2a) evil, distress, adversity   2b) evil, injury, wrong   2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury   3a) evil, misery, distress   3b) evil, injury, wrong   3c) evil (ethical) × יִסֹּ֣גוּ yis·sō·ḡū be driven back Grammar Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 5472 BSB/Thayers 1) to move, go, turn back, move away, backslide   1a) (Qal) to backslide, prove recreant to   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to turn oneself away, turn back     1b2) to be turned or driven back, be repulsed × אָח֣וֹר ’ā·ḥō·wr . . . Grammar Noun - masculine singular Strongs 268 BSB/Thayers 1) the back side, the rear   1a) backwards   1b) hereafter (of time)   1c) behind × וְיַחְפְּר֑וּ wə·yaḥ·pə·rū and confounded . Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 2659 BSB/Thayers 1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed   1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed   1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י mə·ḇaq·šê May those who seek נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י nap̄·šî my life יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ yê·ḇō·šū be disgraced וְיִכָּלְמוּ֮ wə·yik·kā·lə·mū and put to shame ; חֹ֝שְׁבֵ֗י ḥō·šə·ḇê may those who plan רָעָתִֽי׃ rā·‘ā·ṯî to harm me יִסֹּ֣גוּ yis·sō·ḡū be driven back אָח֣וֹר ’ā·ḥō·wr . . . וְיַחְפְּר֑וּ wə·yaḥ·pə·rū and confounded .
5	May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
	× יִֽהְי֗וּ yih·yū May they be Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 1961 BSB/Thayers 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out   1a) (Qal)     1a1) -----       1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass       1a1b) to come about, come to pass     1a2) to come into being, become       1a2a) to arise, appear, come       1a2b) to become         1a2b1) to become         1a2b2) to become like         1a2b3) to be instituted, be established     1a3) to be       1a3a) to exist, be in existence       1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)       1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)       1a3d) to accompany, be with   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about     1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone × כְּמֹ֥ץ kə·mōṣ like chaff Grammar Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strongs 4671 BSB/Thayers 1) chaff   1a) always as driven by wind × לִפְנֵי־ lip̄·nê- in Grammar Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strongs 6440 BSB/Thayers 1) face   1a) face, faces   1b) presence, person   1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)   1d) face (of animals)   1e) face, surface (of ground)   1f) as adv of loc/temp     1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before   1g) with prep     1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of × ר֑וּחַ rū·aḥ the wind , Grammar Noun - common singular Strongs 7307 BSB/Thayers 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit   1a) breath   1b) wind     1b1) of heaven     1b2) quarter (of wind), side     1b3) breath of air     1b4) air, gas     1b5) vain, empty thing   1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)     1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour     1c2) courage     1c3) temper, anger     1c4) impatience, patience     1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)     1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse     1c7) prophetic spirit   1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)     1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being   1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)     1e1) desire     1e2) sorrow, trouble   1f) spirit     1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts     1f2) rarely of the will     1f3) as seat especially of moral character   1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son     1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy     1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning     1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power     1g4) as endowing men with various gifts     1g5) as energy of life     1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory     1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force × וּמַלְאַ֖ךְ ū·mal·’aḵ as the angel Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strongs 4397 BSB/Thayers 1) messenger, representative   1a) messenger   1b) angel   1c) the theophanic angel × יְהוָ֣ה Yah·weh of the LORD Grammar Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 3068 BSB/Thayers           Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God   1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 × דּוֹחֶֽה׃ dō·w·ḥeh drives them away . Grammar Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strongs 1760 BSB/Thayers 1) to push, thrust, chase, overflow, totter, sore, drive away or out, be outcast, be cast down   1a) (Qal) to push, push violently   1b) (Niphal) to be thrust down, be cast down   1c) (Pual) to be thrust down יִֽהְי֗וּ yih·yū May they be כְּמֹ֥ץ kə·mōṣ like chaff לִפְנֵי־ lip̄·nê- in ר֑וּחַ rū·aḥ the wind , וּמַלְאַ֖ךְ ū·mal·’aḵ as the angel יְהוָ֣ה Yah·weh of the LORD דּוֹחֶֽה׃ dō·w·ḥeh drives them away .
6	May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
	× דַרְכָּ֗ם ḏar·kām May their path Grammar Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural Strongs 1870 BSB/Thayers 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner   1a) road, way, path   1b) journey   1c) direction   1d) manner, habit, way   1e) of course of life (fig.)   1f) of moral character (fig.) × יְֽהִי־ yə·hî- be Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strongs 1961 BSB/Thayers 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out   1a) (Qal)     1a1) -----       1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass       1a1b) to come about, come to pass     1a2) to come into being, become       1a2a) to arise, appear, come       1a2b) to become         1a2b1) to become         1a2b2) to become like         1a2b3) to be instituted, be established     1a3) to be       1a3a) to exist, be in existence       1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)       1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)       1a3d) to accompany, be with   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about     1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone × חֹ֥שֶׁךְ ḥō·šeḵ dark Grammar Noun - masculine singular Strongs 2822 BSB/Thayers 1) darkness, obscurity   1a) darkness   1b) secret place × וַחֲלַקְלַקּ֑וֹת wa·ḥă·laq·laq·qō·wṯ and slick , Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strongs 2519 BSB/Thayers 1) flattery, slipperiness, fine promises, smoothness   1a) slipperiness   1b) fine promises × וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ ū·mal·’aḵ as the angel Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strongs 4397 BSB/Thayers 1) messenger, representative   1a) messenger   1b) angel   1c) the theophanic angel × יְ֝הוָ֗ה Yah·weh of the LORD Grammar Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 3068 BSB/Thayers           Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God   1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 × רֹדְפָֽם׃ rō·ḏə·p̄ām pursues . Grammar Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strongs 7291 BSB/Thayers 1) to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon     1a2) to persecute, harass (fig)     1a3) to follow after, aim to secure (fig)     1a4) to run after (a bribe) (fig)   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be pursued     1b2) one pursued (participle)   1c) (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue   1d) (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away   1e) (Hiphil) to pursue, chase דַרְכָּ֗ם ḏar·kām May their path יְֽהִי־ yə·hî- be חֹ֥שֶׁךְ ḥō·šeḵ dark וַחֲלַקְלַקּ֑וֹת wa·ḥă·laq·laq·qō·wṯ and slick , וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ ū·mal·’aḵ as the angel יְ֝הוָ֗ה Yah·weh of the LORD רֹדְפָֽם׃ rō·ḏə·p̄ām pursues .
7	For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
	× כִּֽי־ kî- For Grammar Conjunction Strongs 3588 BSB/Thayers 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since   1a) that     1a1) yea, indeed   1b) when (of time)     1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)   1c) because, since (causal connection)   1d) but (after negative)   1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if   1f) but rather, but   1g) except that   1h) only, nevertheless   1i) surely   1j) that is   1k) but if   1l) for though   1m) forasmuch as, for therefore × חִנָּ֣ם ḥin·nām without cause Grammar Adverb Strongs 2600 BSB/Thayers 1) freely, for nothing, without cause   1a) gratis, gratuitously, for nothing   1b) for no purpose, in vain   1c) gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly × טָֽמְנוּ־ ṭā·mə·nū- they laid Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strongs 2934 BSB/Thayers 1) to hide, conceal, bury   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to hide     1a2) hiding, concealing, secretly laying (participle)     1a3) darkness (participle)   1b) (Niphal) to hide oneself   1c) (Hiphil) to hide × רִשְׁתָּ֑ם riš·tām their net Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strongs 7568 BSB/Thayers 1) net   1a) net     1a1) for catching     1a2) of judgment (fig)     1a3) of leaders leading people to sin     1a4) as a trap for man   1b) network (brazen-for altar of tabernacle) × לִ֭י lî for me ; Grammar Preposition | first person common singular × חִ֝נָּ֗ם ḥin·nām without reason Grammar Adverb Strongs 2600 BSB/Thayers 1) freely, for nothing, without cause   1a) gratis, gratuitously, for nothing   1b) for no purpose, in vain   1c) gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly × חָפְר֥וּ ḥā·p̄ə·rū they dug Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strongs 2658 BSB/Thayers 1) to dig, search for   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to dig     1a2) to search, search out, explore × שַׁ֣חַת ša·ḥaṯ a pit Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct Strongs 7845 BSB/Thayers 1) pit, destruction, grave   1a) pit (for catching lions)   1b) pit (of Hell) × לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃ lə·nap̄·šî for my soul . Grammar Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 5315 BSB/Thayers 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion   1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man   1b) living being   1c) living being (with life in the blood)   1d) the man himself, self, person or individual   1e) seat of the appetites   1f) seat of emotions and passions   1g) activity of mind     1g1) dubious   1h) activity of the will     1h1) dubious   1i) activity of the character     1i1) dubious כִּֽי־ kî- For חִנָּ֣ם ḥin·nām without cause טָֽמְנוּ־ ṭā·mə·nū- they laid רִשְׁתָּ֑ם riš·tām their net לִ֭י lî for me ; חִ֝נָּ֗ם ḥin·nām without reason חָפְר֥וּ ḥā·p̄ə·rū they dug שַׁ֣חַת ša·ḥaṯ a pit לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃ lə·nap̄·šî for my soul .
8	May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
	× שׁוֹאָה֮ šō·w·’āh May ruin Grammar Noun - feminine singular Strongs 7722 BSB/Thayers n m 1) ravage n f 2) devastation, ruin, waste   2a) devastation, ruin   2b) ruin, waste (of land) × תְּבוֹאֵ֣הוּ tə·ḇō·w·’ê·hū befall them Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strongs 935 BSB/Thayers 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to enter, come in     1a2) to come       1a2a) to come with       1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)       1a2c) to come to pass     1a3) to attain to     1a4) to be enumerated     1a5) to go   1b) (Hiphil)     1b1) to lead in     1b2) to carry in     1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon     1b4) to bring to pass   1c) (Hophal)     1c1) to be brought, brought in     1c2) to be introduced, be put × לֹֽא־ lō- by surprise Grammar Adverb - Negative particle Strongs 3808 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no   1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)   1b) not (with modifier-negation)   1c) nothing (subst)   1d) without (with particle)   1e) before (of time) × יֵ֫דָ֥ע yê·ḏā‘ . . . ; Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strongs 3045 BSB/Thayers 1) to know   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to know       1a1a) to know, learn to know       1a1b) to perceive       1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern       1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish       1a1e) to know by experience       1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess       1a1g) to consider     1a2) to know, be acquainted with     1a3) to know (a person carnally)     1a4) to know how, be skilful in     1a5) to have knowledge, be wise   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed     1b2) to make oneself known     1b3) to be perceived     1b4) to be instructed   1c) (Piel) to cause to know   1d) (Poal) to cause to know   1e) (Pual)     1e1) to be known     1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)   1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare   1g) (Hophal) to be made known   1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself × וְרִשְׁתּ֣וֹ wə·riš·tōw may the net Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strongs 7568 BSB/Thayers 1) net   1a) net     1a1) for catching     1a2) of judgment (fig)     1a3) of leaders leading people to sin     1a4) as a trap for man   1b) network (brazen-for altar of tabernacle) × אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă·šer- - Grammar Pronoun - relative Strongs 834 BSB/Thayers 1) (relative part.)   1a) which, who   1b) that which 2) (conj)   2a) that (in obj clause)   2b) when   2c) since   2d) as   2e) conditional if × טָמַ֣ן ṭā·man they hid Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strongs 2934 BSB/Thayers 1) to hide, conceal, bury   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to hide     1a2) hiding, concealing, secretly laying (participle)     1a3) darkness (participle)   1b) (Niphal) to hide oneself   1c) (Hiphil) to hide × תִּלְכְּד֑וֹ til·kə·ḏōw ensnare them ; Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strongs 3920 BSB/Thayers 1) to capture, take, seize   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to capture, seize     1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.)     1a3) to take (by lot)   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be captured     1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)   1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other × יִפָּל־ yip·pāl- may they fall Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strongs 5307 BSB/Thayers 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to fall     1a2) to fall (of violent death)     1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before     1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of     1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result     1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to     1a7) to lie, lie prostrate   1b) (Hiphil)     1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate     1b2) to overthrow     1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot     1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.)     1b5) to cause to fall   1c) (Hithpael)     1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon     1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself   1d) (Pilel) to fall × בָּֽהּ׃ bāh into Grammar Preposition | third person feminine singular × בְּ֝שׁוֹאָ֗ה bə·šō·w·’āh the hazard [they created] . Grammar Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strongs 7722 BSB/Thayers n m 1) ravage n f 2) devastation, ruin, waste   2a) devastation, ruin   2b) ruin, waste (of land) שׁוֹאָה֮ šō·w·’āh May ruin תְּבוֹאֵ֣הוּ tə·ḇō·w·’ê·hū befall them לֹֽא־ lō- by surprise יֵ֫דָ֥ע yê·ḏā‘ . . . ; וְרִשְׁתּ֣וֹ wə·riš·tōw may the net אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă·šer- - טָמַ֣ן ṭā·man they hid תִּלְכְּד֑וֹ til·kə·ḏōw ensnare them ; יִפָּל־ yip·pāl- may they fall בָּֽהּ׃ bāh into בְּ֝שׁוֹאָ֗ה bə·šō·w·’āh the hazard [they created] .
9	Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
	× וְ֭נַפְשִׁי wə·nap̄·šî Then my soul Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 5315 BSB/Thayers 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion   1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man   1b) living being   1c) living being (with life in the blood)   1d) the man himself, self, person or individual   1e) seat of the appetites   1f) seat of emotions and passions   1g) activity of mind     1g1) dubious   1h) activity of the will     1h1) dubious   1i) activity of the character     1i1) dubious × תָּגִ֣יל tā·ḡîl will rejoice Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strongs 1523 BSB/Thayers 1) to rejoice, exult, be glad   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to rejoice     1a2) to tremble (from fear) × בַּיהוָ֑ה Yah·weh in the LORD Grammar Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 3068 BSB/Thayers           Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God   1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 × תָּ֝שִׂישׂ tā·śîś and exult Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strongs 7797 BSB/Thayers 1) to exult, rejoice   1a) (Qal) to exult, display joy × בִּישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃ bî·šū·‘ā·ṯōw in His salvation . Grammar Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strongs 3444 BSB/Thayers 1) salvation, deliverance   1a) welfare, prosperity   1b) deliverance   1c) salvation (by God)   1d) victory וְ֭נַפְשִׁי wə·nap̄·šî Then my soul תָּגִ֣יל tā·ḡîl will rejoice בַּיהוָ֑ה Yah·weh in the LORD תָּ֝שִׂישׂ tā·śîś and exult בִּישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃ bî·šū·‘ā·ṯōw in His salvation .
10	All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
	× כָּ֥ל kāl All Grammar Noun - masculine singular construct Strongs 3605 BSB/Thayers 1) all, the whole   1a) all, the whole of   1b) any, each, every, anything   1c) totality, everything × עַצְמוֹתַ֨י׀ ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯay my bones Grammar Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strongs 6106 BSB/Thayers 1) bone, essence, substance   1a) bone     1a1) body, limbs, members, external body   1b) bone (of animal)   1c) substance, self × תֹּאמַרְנָה֮ tō·mar·nāh will exclaim , Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strongs 559 BSB/Thayers 1) to say, speak, utter   1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend   1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called   1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly   1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch × מִ֥י mî “ Who Grammar Interrogative Strongs 4310 BSB/Thayers 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever × כָ֫מ֥וֹךָ ḵā·mō·w·ḵā is like You , Grammar Preposition | second person masculine singular Strongs 3644 BSB/Thayers adv 1) like, as, the like of which conj 2) when, according as, as it were × יְהוָ֗ה Yah·weh O LORD , Grammar Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 3068 BSB/Thayers           Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God   1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 × מַצִּ֣יל maṣ·ṣîl who delivers Grammar Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strongs 5337 BSB/Thayers 1) to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder 1a)(Niphal)     1a1) to tear oneself away, deliver oneself     1a2) to be torn out or away, be delivered   1b) (Piel)     1b1) to strip off, spoil     1b2) to deliver   1c) (Hiphil)     1c1) to take away, snatch away     1c2) to rescue, recover     1c3) to deliver (from enemies or troubles or death)     1c4) to deliver from sin and guilt   1d) (Hophal) to be plucked out   1e) (Hithpael) to strip oneself × עָ֭נִי ‘ā·nî the afflicted Grammar Adjective - masculine singular Strongs 6041 BSB/Thayers 1) poor, afflicted, humble, wretched   1a) poor, needy   1b) poor and weak   1c) poor, weak, afflicted, wretched   1d) humble, lowly × מִמֶּ֑נּוּ mim·men·nū from Grammar Preposition | third person masculine singular Strongs 4480 BSB/Thayers prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than   1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of   1b) out of     1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)     1b2) (of material from which something is made)     1b3) (of source or origin)   1c) out of, some of, from (partitively)   1d) from, since, after (of time)   1e) than, more than (in comparison)   1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or   1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)   1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that × מֵחָזָ֣ק mê·ḥā·zāq the aggressor , Grammar Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strongs 2389 BSB/Thayers 1) strong, stout, mighty   1a) strong     1a1) severe, sharp, hot     1a2) firm, hard   1b) a strong one (subst) × וְעָנִ֥י wə·‘ā·nî the poor Grammar Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strongs 6041 BSB/Thayers 1) poor, afflicted, humble, wretched   1a) poor, needy   1b) poor and weak   1c) poor, weak, afflicted, wretched   1d) humble, lowly × וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹן wə·’eḇ·yō·wn and needy Grammar Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strongs 34 BSB/Thayers 1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person 2) subject to oppression and abuse 3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God 4) general reference to lowest class × מִגֹּזְלֽוֹ׃ mig·gō·zə·lōw from the robber ? ” Grammar Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strongs 1497 BSB/Thayers 1) to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to tear away, rob     1a2) to seize, plunder (with acc cognate)   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be robbed     1b2) to be taken away כָּ֥ל kāl All עַצְמוֹתַ֨י׀ ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯay my bones תֹּאמַרְנָה֮ tō·mar·nāh will exclaim , מִ֥י mî “ Who כָ֫מ֥וֹךָ ḵā·mō·w·ḵā is like You , יְהוָ֗ה Yah·weh O LORD , מַצִּ֣יל maṣ·ṣîl who delivers עָ֭נִי ‘ā·nî the afflicted מִמֶּ֑נּוּ mim·men·nū from מֵחָזָ֣ק mê·ḥā·zāq the aggressor , וְעָנִ֥י wə·‘ā·nî the poor וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹן wə·’eḇ·yō·wn and needy מִגֹּזְלֽוֹ׃ mig·gō·zə·lōw from the robber ? ”
11	Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
	× חָמָ֑ס ḥā·mās Hostile Grammar Noun - masculine singular Strongs 2555 BSB/Thayers 1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice × עֵדֵ֣י ‘ê·ḏê witnesses Grammar Noun - masculine plural construct Strongs 5707 BSB/Thayers 1) witness   1a) witness, testimony, evidence (of things)   1b) witness (of people) × יְ֭קוּמוּן yə·qū·mūn come forward ; Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strongs 6965 BSB/Thayers 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to arise     1a2) to arise (hostile sense)     1a3) to arise, become powerful     1a4) to arise, come on the scene     1a5) to stand       1a5a) to maintain oneself       1a5b) to be established, be confirmed       1a5c) to stand, endure       1a5d) to be fixed       1a5e) to be valid       1a5f) to be proven       1a5g) to be fulfilled       1a5h) to persist       1a5i) to be set, be fixed   1b) (Piel)     1b1) to fulfil     1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose   1c) (Polel) to raise up   1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up   1e) (Hiphil)     1e1) to cause to arise, raise     1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build     1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene     1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate     1e5) to raise up, constitute     1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish     1e7) to make binding     1e8) to carry out, give effect to   1f) (Hophal) to be raised up × יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃ yiš·’ā·lū·nî they make charges Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular Strongs 7592 BSB/Thayers 1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to ask, ask for     1a2) to ask (as a favour), borrow     1a3) to enquire, enquire of     1a4) to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle)     1a5) to seek   1b) (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence   1c) (Piel)     1c1) to enquire, enquire carefully     1c2) to beg, practise beggary   1d) (Hiphil)     1d1) to be given on request     1d2) to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to × אֲשֶׁ֥ר ’ă·šer - Grammar Pronoun - relative Strongs 834 BSB/Thayers 1) (relative part.)   1a) which, who   1b) that which 2) (conj)   2a) that (in obj clause)   2b) when   2c) since   2d) as   2e) conditional if × יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי yā·ḏa‘·tî I know Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strongs 3045 BSB/Thayers 1) to know   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to know       1a1a) to know, learn to know       1a1b) to perceive       1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern       1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish       1a1e) to know by experience       1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess       1a1g) to consider     1a2) to know, be acquainted with     1a3) to know (a person carnally)     1a4) to know how, be skilful in     1a5) to have knowledge, be wise   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed     1b2) to make oneself known     1b3) to be perceived     1b4) to be instructed   1c) (Piel) to cause to know   1d) (Poal) to cause to know   1e) (Pual)     1e1) to be known     1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)   1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare   1g) (Hophal) to be made known   1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself × לֹא־ lō- nothing {about} . Grammar Adverb - Negative particle Strongs 3808 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no   1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)   1b) not (with modifier-negation)   1c) nothing (subst)   1d) without (with particle)   1e) before (of time) חָמָ֑ס ḥā·mās Hostile עֵדֵ֣י ‘ê·ḏê witnesses יְ֭קוּמוּן yə·qū·mūn come forward ; יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃ yiš·’ā·lū·nî they make charges אֲשֶׁ֥ר ’ă·šer - יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי yā·ḏa‘·tî I know לֹא־ lō- nothing {about} .
12	They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
	× יְשַׁלְּמ֣וּנִי yə·šal·lə·mū·nî They repay me Grammar Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular Strongs 7999 BSB/Thayers 1) to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to be at peace     1a2) peaceful one (participle)   1b) (Pual) one in covenant of peace (participle)   1c) (Hiphil)     1c1) to make peace with     1c2) to cause to be at peace   1d) (Hophal) to live in peace 2) to be complete, be sound   2a) (Qal)     2a1) to be complete, be finished, be ended     2a2) to be sound, be uninjured   2b) (Piel)     2b1) to complete, finish     2b2) to make safe     2b3) to make whole or good, restore, make compensation     2b4) to make good, pay     2b5) to requite, recompense, reward   2c) (Pual)     2c1) to be performed     2c2) to be repaid, be requited   2d) (Hiphil)     2d1) to complete, perform     2d2) to make an end of × רָ֭עָה rā·‘āh evil Grammar Adjective - feminine singular Strongs 7451 BSB/Thayers adj 1) bad, evil   1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant   1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)   1c) evil, displeasing   1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)   1e) bad (of value)   1f) worse than, worst (comparison)   1g) sad, unhappy   1h) evil (hurtful)   1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)   1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)     1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts     1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity   2a) evil, distress, adversity   2b) evil, injury, wrong   2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury   3a) evil, misery, distress   3b) evil, injury, wrong   3c) evil (ethical) × תַּ֥חַת ta·ḥaṯ for Grammar Preposition Strongs 8478 BSB/Thayers 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m   1a) the under part adv accus   1b) beneath prep   1c) under, beneath     1c1) at the foot of (idiom)     1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)     1c3) of subjection or conquest   1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands     1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)     1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)     1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj   1e) instead of, instead of that   1f) in return for that, because that in compounds   1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)   1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath × טוֹבָ֗ה ṭō·w·ḇāh good , Grammar Noun - feminine singular Strongs 2896 BSB/Thayers adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable   1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)   1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)   1c) good, excellent (of its kind)   1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation   1e) good, appropriate, becoming   1f) better (comparative)   1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)   1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)   1i) good, kind, benign   1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare   2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness   2b) good things (collective)   2c) good, benefit   2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things   3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness   3b) good things (collective)   3c) bounty × שְׁכ֣וֹל šə·ḵō·wl [to] the bereavement Grammar Noun - masculine singular Strongs 7908 BSB/Thayers 1) bereavement, loss of children × לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃ lə·nap̄·šî of my soul . Grammar Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 5315 BSB/Thayers 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion   1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man   1b) living being   1c) living being (with life in the blood)   1d) the man himself, self, person or individual   1e) seat of the appetites   1f) seat of emotions and passions   1g) activity of mind     1g1) dubious   1h) activity of the will     1h1) dubious   1i) activity of the character     1i1) dubious יְשַׁלְּמ֣וּנִי yə·šal·lə·mū·nî They repay me רָ֭עָה rā·‘āh evil תַּ֥חַת ta·ḥaṯ for טוֹבָ֗ה ṭō·w·ḇāh good , שְׁכ֣וֹל šə·ḵō·wl [to] the bereavement לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃ lə·nap̄·šî of my soul .
13	Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
	× וַאֲנִ֤י׀ wa·’ă·nî Yet Grammar Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular Strongs 589 BSB/Thayers 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) × בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם ba·ḥă·lō·w·ṯām when they were ill , Grammar Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strongs 2470 BSB/Thayers 1) to be or become weak, be or become sick, be or become diseased, be or become grieved, be or become sorry   1a) (Qal) to be weak, be sick   1b) (Piel)     1b1) to be or become weak, feel weak     1b2) to become sick, become ill     1b3) (CLBL) to entreat, pray, beg   1c) (Niphal)     1c1) to make oneself sick     1c2) to be made sick     1c3) to be tired   1d) (Pual) to be made weak, become weak   1e) (Hithpael) to make oneself sick   1f) (Hiphil)     1f1) to make sore     1f2) to make sick     1f3) to show signs of sickness, become sick     1f4) to grieve   1g) (Hophal)     1g1) to be made sick     1g2) to be wounded × לְב֬וּשִׁי lə·ḇū·šî I put on Grammar Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 3830 BSB/Thayers 1) clothing, garment, apparel, raiment × שָׂ֗ק śāq sackcloth ; Grammar Noun - masculine singular Strongs 8242 BSB/Thayers 1) mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking   1a) sack (for grain)   1b) sackcloth     1b1) worn in mourning or humiliation     1b2) same material spread out to lie on × עִנֵּ֣יתִי ‘in·nê·ṯî I humbled Grammar Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular Strongs 6031 BSB/Thayers 1) (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with 2) to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down   2a) (Qal)     2a1) to be put down, become low     2a2) to be depressed, be downcast     2a3) to be afflicted     2a4) to stoop   2b) (Niphal)     2b1) to humble oneself, bow down     2b2) to be afflicted, be humbled   2c) (Piel)     2c1) to humble, mishandle, afflict     2c2) to humble, be humiliated     2c3) to afflict     2d4) to humble, weaken oneself   2d) (Pual)     2d1) to be afflicted     2d2) to be humbled   2e) (Hiphil) to afflict   2f) (Hithpael)     2f1) to humble oneself     2f2) to be afflicted × נַפְשִׁ֑י nap̄·šî myself Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 5315 BSB/Thayers 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion   1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man   1b) living being   1c) living being (with life in the blood)   1d) the man himself, self, person or individual   1e) seat of the appetites   1f) seat of emotions and passions   1g) activity of mind     1g1) dubious   1h) activity of the will     1h1) dubious   1i) activity of the character     1i1) dubious × בַצּ֣וֹם ḇaṣ·ṣō·wm with fasting , Grammar Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strongs 6685 BSB/Thayers 1) fast, fasting × וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗י ū·ṯə·p̄il·lā·ṯî but my prayers Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 8605 BSB/Thayers 1) prayer   1a) prayer   1b) pray a prayer   1c) house of prayer   1d) hear prayer   1e) in Ps titles (of poetic or liturgical prayer) × תָשֽׁוּב׃ ṯā·šūḇ returned Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strongs 7725 BSB/Thayers 1) to return, turn back   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to turn back, return       1a1a) to turn back       1a1b) to return, come or go back       1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back       1a1d) of dying       1a1e) of human relations (fig)       1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)         1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise         1a1f2) to turn away (of God)         1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent         1a1f4) turn back (from evil)       1a1g) of inanimate things       1a1h) in repetition   1b) (Polel)     1b1) to bring back     1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)     1b3) to lead away (enticingly)     1b4) to show turning, apostatise   1c) (Pual) restored (participle)   1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back     1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment     1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore     1d3) to bring back, report to, answer     1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)     1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse     1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward     1d7) to turn against     1d8) to bring back to mind     1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke   1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back   1f) (Pulal) brought back × עַל־ ‘al- unanswered Grammar Preposition Strongs 5921 BSB/Thayers prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against   1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards   1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)   1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)   1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)   1e) over (of suspension or extension)   1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)   1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)   1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although × חֵיקִ֥י ḥê·qî . . . . Grammar Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 2436 Footnote Literally returned to my bosom BSB/Thayers 1) bosom, hollow, bottom, midst וַאֲנִ֤י׀ wa·’ă·nî Yet בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם ba·ḥă·lō·w·ṯām when they were ill , לְב֬וּשִׁי lə·ḇū·šî I put on שָׂ֗ק śāq sackcloth ; עִנֵּ֣יתִי ‘in·nê·ṯî I humbled נַפְשִׁ֑י nap̄·šî myself בַצּ֣וֹם ḇaṣ·ṣō·wm with fasting , וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗י ū·ṯə·p̄il·lā·ṯî but my prayers תָשֽׁוּב׃ ṯā·šūḇ returned עַל־ ‘al- unanswered חֵיקִ֥י ḥê·qî . . . .
14	I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
	× הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי hiṯ·hal·lā·ḵə·tî I paced about Grammar Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common singular Strongs 1980 BSB/Thayers 1) to go, walk, come   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away     1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.)   1b) (Piel)     1b1) to walk     1b2) to walk (fig.)   1c) (Hithpael)     1c1) to traverse     1c2) to walk about   1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk × כְּרֵֽעַ־ kə·rê·a‘- as for my friend Grammar Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strongs 7453 BSB/Thayers 1) friend, companion, fellow, another person   1a) friend, intimate   1b) fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense)   1c) other, another (reciprocal phrase) × כְּאָ֣ח kə·’āḥ or brother Grammar Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strongs 251 BSB/Thayers 1) brother   1a) brother of same parents   1b) half-brother (same father)   1c) relative, kinship, same tribe   1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship)   1e) (fig.) of resemblance × לִ֭י lî ; Grammar Preposition | first person common singular × שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃ ša·ḥō·w·ṯî I was bowed down Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strongs 7817 BSB/Thayers 1) to bow, crouch, bow down, be bowed down   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to be bowed down, be prostrated, be humbled     1a2) to bow (in homage)     1a3) to bow (of mourner)     1a4) to crouch (of wild beast in lair)   1b) (Niphal) to be prostrated, be humbled, be reduced, be weakened, proceed humbly, be bowed down   1c) (Hiphil) to prostrate, lay low, bow down   1d) (Hithpolel) to be cast down, be despairing × קֹדֵ֥ר qō·ḏêr with grief , Grammar Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strongs 6937 BSB/Thayers 1) to mourn, be dark   1a) (Qal) to be dark   1b) (Hiphil)     1b1) to darken     1b2) to cause to mourn   1c) (Hithpael) to grow dark × כַּאֲבֶל־ ka·’ă·ḇel- like one mourning Grammar Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular construct Strongs 57 BSB/Thayers 1) mourning   1a) for the dead   1b) because of calamity   1c) of rites of mourning 2) mourner (subst.)   2a) for the dead   2b) for calamity × אֵ֝֗ם ’êm [for his] mother . Grammar Noun - feminine singular Strongs 517 BSB/Thayers 1) mother   1a) of humans   1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)   1c) of animals 2) point of departure or division הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי hiṯ·hal·lā·ḵə·tî I paced about כְּרֵֽעַ־ kə·rê·a‘- as for my friend כְּאָ֣ח kə·’āḥ or brother לִ֭י lî ; שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃ ša·ḥō·w·ṯî I was bowed down קֹדֵ֥ר qō·ḏêr with grief , כַּאֲבֶל־ ka·’ă·ḇel- like one mourning אֵ֝֗ם ’êm [for his] mother .
15	But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
	× וּבְצַלְעִי֮ ū·ḇə·ṣal·‘î But when I stumbled , Grammar Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 6761 BSB/Thayers 1) limping, stumbling × וְֽנֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ wə·ne·’ĕ·sā·p̄ū they assembled Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strongs 622 BSB/Thayers 1) to gather, receive, remove, gather in   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to gather, collect     1a2) to gather (an individual into company of others)     1a3) to bring up the rear     1a4) to gather and take away, remove, withdraw   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to assemble, be gathered     1b2) (pass of Qal 1a2)       1b2a) to be gathered to one's fathers       1b2b) to be brought in or into (association with others)     1b3) (pass of Qal 1a4)       1b3a) to be taken away, removed, perish   1c) (Piel)     1c1) to gather (harvest)     1c2) to take in, receive into     1c3) rearguard, rearward (subst)   1d) (Pual) to be gathered   1e) (Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves × שָׂמְח֪וּ śā·mə·ḥū in glee ; Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strongs 8055 BSB/Thayers 1) to rejoice, be glad   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to rejoice     1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)     1a3) to rejoice (religiously)   1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad   1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad × נֶאֶסְפ֬וּ ne·’es·p̄ū they gathered together Grammar Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strongs 622 BSB/Thayers 1) to gather, receive, remove, gather in   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to gather, collect     1a2) to gather (an individual into company of others)     1a3) to bring up the rear     1a4) to gather and take away, remove, withdraw   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to assemble, be gathered     1b2) (pass of Qal 1a2)       1b2a) to be gathered to one's fathers       1b2b) to be brought in or into (association with others)     1b3) (pass of Qal 1a4)       1b3a) to be taken away, removed, perish   1c) (Piel)     1c1) to gather (harvest)     1c2) to take in, receive into     1c3) rearguard, rearward (subst)   1d) (Pual) to be gathered   1e) (Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves × עָלַ֣י ‘ā·lay against me . Grammar Preposition | first person common singular Strongs 5921 BSB/Thayers prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against   1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards   1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)   1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)   1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)   1e) over (of suspension or extension)   1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)   1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)   1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although × נֵ֭כִים nê·ḵîm Assailants Grammar Adjective - masculine plural Strongs 5222 BSB/Thayers 1) stricken, smitten × וְלֹ֣א wə·lō I did not Grammar Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strongs 3808 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no   1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)   1b) not (with modifier-negation)   1c) nothing (subst)   1d) without (with particle)   1e) before (of time) × יָדַ֑עְתִּי yā·ḏa‘·tî know Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strongs 3045 BSB/Thayers 1) to know   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to know       1a1a) to know, learn to know       1a1b) to perceive       1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern       1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish       1a1e) to know by experience       1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess       1a1g) to consider     1a2) to know, be acquainted with     1a3) to know (a person carnally)     1a4) to know how, be skilful in     1a5) to have knowledge, be wise   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed     1b2) to make oneself known     1b3) to be perceived     1b4) to be instructed   1c) (Piel) to cause to know   1d) (Poal) to cause to know   1e) (Pual)     1e1) to be known     1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)   1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare   1g) (Hophal) to be made known   1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself × קָֽרְע֥וּ qā·rə·‘ū slandered me Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strongs 7167 BSB/Thayers 1) to tear, tear in pieces   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to tear, rend     1a2) to tear away or out     1a3) to tear, rend asunder       1a3a) to make wide or large (of eyes)       1a3b) to rend open (of heavens)     1a4) to tear, rend (of wild beasts)   1b) (Niphal) to be rent, be split asunder × וְלֹא־ wə·lō- without Grammar Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strongs 3808 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no   1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)   1b) not (with modifier-negation)   1c) nothing (subst)   1d) without (with particle)   1e) before (of time) × דָֽמּוּ׃ ḏām·mū ceasing . Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strongs 1826 BSB/Thayers 1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to be silent     1a2) to be still, die     1a3) to be struck dumb   1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed   1c) (Poal) to make quiet   1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die) וּבְצַלְעִי֮ ū·ḇə·ṣal·‘î But when I stumbled , וְֽנֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ wə·ne·’ĕ·sā·p̄ū they assembled שָׂמְח֪וּ śā·mə·ḥū in glee ; נֶאֶסְפ֬וּ ne·’es·p̄ū they gathered together עָלַ֣י ‘ā·lay against me . נֵ֭כִים nê·ḵîm Assailants וְלֹ֣א wə·lō I did not יָדַ֑עְתִּי yā·ḏa‘·tî know קָֽרְע֥וּ qā·rə·‘ū slandered me וְלֹא־ wə·lō- without דָֽמּוּ׃ ḏām·mū ceasing .
16	Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
	× בְּ֭חַנְפֵי bə·ḥan·p̄ê Like godless Grammar Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine plural construct Strongs 2611 BSB/Thayers 1) hypocritical, godless, profane, hypocrite, irreligious × לַעֲגֵ֣י la·‘ă·ḡê jesters Grammar Adjective - masculine plural construct Strongs 3934 BSB/Thayers 1) mocking   1a) mocker (noun cstr) × מָע֑וֹג mā·‘ō·wḡ at a feast , Grammar Noun - masculine singular Strongs 4580 Footnote Or Like a godless circle of mockers, BSB/Thayers 1) cake × חָרֹ֖ק ḥā·rōq they gnashed Grammar Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strongs 2786 BSB/Thayers 1) (Qal) to gnash, grind (the teeth) × שִׁנֵּֽימוֹ׃ šin·nê·mōw their teeth Grammar Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural Strongs 8127 BSB/Thayers 1) tooth, ivory   1a) tooth     1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast   1b) tooth, tine (of fork)   1c) ivory     1c1) as material     1c2) of commerce   1d) sharp pointed rock × עָלַ֣י ‘ā·lay at me . Grammar Preposition | first person common singular Strongs 5921 BSB/Thayers prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against   1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards   1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)   1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)   1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)   1e) over (of suspension or extension)   1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)   1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)   1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although בְּ֭חַנְפֵי bə·ḥan·p̄ê Like godless לַעֲגֵ֣י la·‘ă·ḡê jesters מָע֑וֹג mā·‘ō·wḡ at a feast , חָרֹ֖ק ḥā·rōq they gnashed שִׁנֵּֽימוֹ׃ šin·nê·mōw their teeth עָלַ֣י ‘ā·lay at me .
17	How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
	× כַּמָּ֪ה kam·māh How long , Grammar Interrogative Strongs 4100 BSB/Thayers         interr pron 1) what, how, of what kind   1a) (interrogative)     1a1) what?     1a2) of what kind     1a3) what? (rhetorical)     1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what   1b) (adverb)     1b1) how, how now     1b2) why     1b3) how! (exclamation)   1c) (with prep)     1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?     1c2) because of what?     1c3) the like of what?       1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?       1c3b) for how long?     1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?     1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?       indef pron 2) anything, aught, what may × אֲדֹנָי֮ ’ă·ḏō·nāy O Lord , Grammar Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 136 BSB/Thayers 1) my lord, lord   1a) of men   1b) of God 2) Lord-title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence × תִּ֫רְאֶ֥ה tir·’eh will You look on ? Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strongs 7200 BSB/Thayers 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to see     1a2) to see, perceive     1a3) to see, have vision     1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out     1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish     1a6) to look at, gaze at   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to appear, present oneself     1b2) to be seen     1b3) to be visible   1c) (Pual) to be seen   1d) (Hiphil)     1d1) to cause to see, show     1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at   1e) (Hophal)     1e1) to be caused to see, be shown     1e2) to be exhibited to   1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face × הָשִׁ֣יבָה hā·šî·ḇāh Rescue Grammar Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strongs 7725 BSB/Thayers 1) to return, turn back   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to turn back, return       1a1a) to turn back       1a1b) to return, come or go back       1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back       1a1d) of dying       1a1e) of human relations (fig)       1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)         1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise         1a1f2) to turn away (of God)         1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent         1a1f4) turn back (from evil)       1a1g) of inanimate things       1a1h) in repetition   1b) (Polel)     1b1) to bring back     1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)     1b3) to lead away (enticingly)     1b4) to show turning, apostatise   1c) (Pual) restored (participle)   1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back     1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment     1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore     1d3) to bring back, report to, answer     1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)     1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse     1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward     1d7) to turn against     1d8) to bring back to mind     1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke   1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back   1f) (Pulal) brought back × נַ֭פְשִׁי nap̄·šî my soul Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 5315 BSB/Thayers 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion   1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man   1b) living being   1c) living being (with life in the blood)   1d) the man himself, self, person or individual   1e) seat of the appetites   1f) seat of emotions and passions   1g) activity of mind     1g1) dubious   1h) activity of the will     1h1) dubious   1i) activity of the character     1i1) dubious × מִשֹּׁאֵיהֶ֑ם miš·šō·’ê·hem from their ravages , Grammar Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strongs 7722 BSB/Thayers n m 1) ravage n f 2) devastation, ruin, waste   2a) devastation, ruin   2b) ruin, waste (of land) × יְחִידָתִֽי׃ yə·ḥî·ḏā·ṯî my precious life Grammar Adjective - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 3173 BSB/Thayers adj 1) only, only one, solitary, one   1a) only, unique, one   1b) solitary               1c)(TWOT) only begotten son subst 2) one × מִ֝כְּפִירִ֗ים mik·kə·p̄î·rîm from these lions . Grammar Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural Strongs 3715 BSB/Thayers 1) young lion 2) village כַּמָּ֪ה kam·māh How long , אֲדֹנָי֮ ’ă·ḏō·nāy O Lord , תִּ֫רְאֶ֥ה tir·’eh will You look on ? הָשִׁ֣יבָה hā·šî·ḇāh Rescue נַ֭פְשִׁי nap̄·šî my soul מִשֹּׁאֵיהֶ֑ם miš·šō·’ê·hem from their ravages , יְחִידָתִֽי׃ yə·ḥî·ḏā·ṯî my precious life מִ֝כְּפִירִ֗ים mik·kə·p̄î·rîm from these lions .
18	Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
	× א֭וֹדְךָ ’ō·wḏ·ḵā Then I will give You thanks Grammar Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | second person masculine singular Strongs 3034 BSB/Thayers 1) to throw, shoot, cast   1a) (Qal) to shoot (arrows)   1b) (Piel) to cast, cast down, throw down   1c) (Hiphil)     1c1) to give thanks, laud, praise     1c2) to confess, confess (the name of God)   1d) (Hithpael)     1d1) to confess (sin)     1d2) to give thanks × רָ֑ב rāḇ in the great Grammar Adjective - masculine singular Strongs 7227 BSB/Thayers adj 1) much, many, great   1a) much   1b) many   1c) abounding in   1d) more numerous than   1e) abundant, enough   1f) great   1g) strong   1h) greater than adv   1i) much, exceedingly n m 2) captain, chief × בְּקָהָ֣ל bə·qā·hāl assembly ; Grammar Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strongs 6951 BSB/Thayers 1) assembly, company, congregation, convocation   1a) assembly     1a1) for evil counsel, war or invasion, religious purposes   1b) company (of returning exiles)   1c) congregation     1c1) as organised body × אֲהַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃ ’ă·hal·le·kā I will praise You Grammar Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | second person masculine singular Strongs 1984 BSB/Thayers 1) to shine   1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)   1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light 2) to praise, boast, be boastful   2a) (Qal)     2a1) to be boastful     2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle)   2b) (Piel)     2b1) to praise     2b2) to boast, make a boast   2c) (Pual)     2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise   2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast   2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool   2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman × עָצ֣וּם ‘ā·ṣūm among many Grammar Adjective - masculine singular Strongs 6099 BSB/Thayers 1) mighty, vast, numerous   1a) mighty, strong (in number)   1b) numerous, countless × בְּעַ֖ם bə·‘am people . Grammar Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strongs 5971 BSB/Thayers 1) nation, people   1a) people, nation   1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred א֭וֹדְךָ ’ō·wḏ·ḵā Then I will give You thanks רָ֑ב rāḇ in the great בְּקָהָ֣ל bə·qā·hāl assembly ; אֲהַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃ ’ă·hal·le·kā I will praise You עָצ֣וּם ‘ā·ṣūm among many בְּעַ֖ם bə·‘am people .
19	Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
	× אַֽל־ ’al- Let not Grammar Adverb Strongs 408 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)   1a) do not, let not (with a verb)   1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)   1c) not, no (with substantive)   1d) nothing (as substantive) × אֹיְבַ֣י ’ō·yə·ḇay my enemies Grammar Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strongs 341 BSB/Thayers 1) (Qal) enemy   1a) personal   1b) national × יִשְׂמְחוּ־ yiś·mə·ḥū- gloat Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 8055 BSB/Thayers 1) to rejoice, be glad   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to rejoice     1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)     1a3) to rejoice (religiously)   1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad   1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad × לִ֣י lî over me Grammar Preposition | first person common singular × שֶׁ֑קֶר še·qer without cause , Grammar Noun - masculine singular Strongs 8267 BSB/Thayers 1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood   1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)   1b) deceit, fraud, wrong     1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb)   1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony)     1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely   1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets)   1e) lie, falsehood (in general)     1e1) false tongue   1f) in vain × שֹׂנְאַ֥י śō·nə·’ay [nor] those who hate me Grammar Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strongs 8130 BSB/Thayers 1) to hate, be hateful   1a) (Qal) to hate     1a1) of man     1a2) of God     1a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst)   1b) (Niphal) to be hated   1c) (Piel) hater (participle)     1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom × חִ֝נָּ֗ם ḥin·nām without reason Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 2600 BSB/Thayers 1) freely, for nothing, without cause   1a) gratis, gratuitously, for nothing   1b) for no purpose, in vain   1c) gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly × יִקְרְצוּ־ yiq·rə·ṣū- wink in malice Grammar Adverb Strongs 7169 BSB/Thayers 1) to narrow, form, nip, pinch, squeeze, wink, purse   1a) (Qal) to pinch   1b) (Pual) to be nipped or pinched off, be formed × עָֽיִן׃ ‘ā·yin . . . . Grammar Noun - common singular Strongs 5869 Footnote See John 15:25. BSB/Thayers 1) eye   1a) eye     1a1) of physical eye     1a2) as showing mental qualities     1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain אַֽל־ ’al- Let not אֹיְבַ֣י ’ō·yə·ḇay my enemies יִשְׂמְחוּ־ yiś·mə·ḥū- gloat לִ֣י lî over me שֶׁ֑קֶר še·qer without cause , שֹׂנְאַ֥י śō·nə·’ay [nor] those who hate me חִ֝נָּ֗ם ḥin·nām without reason יִקְרְצוּ־ yiq·rə·ṣū- wink in malice עָֽיִן׃ ‘ā·yin . . . .
20	For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
	× כִּ֤י kî For Grammar Conjunction Strongs 3588 BSB/Thayers 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since   1a) that     1a1) yea, indeed   1b) when (of time)     1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)   1c) because, since (causal connection)   1d) but (after negative)   1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if   1f) but rather, but   1g) except that   1h) only, nevertheless   1i) surely   1j) that is   1k) but if   1l) for though   1m) forasmuch as, for therefore × לֹ֥א lō they do not Grammar Adverb - Negative particle Strongs 3808 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no   1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)   1b) not (with modifier-negation)   1c) nothing (subst)   1d) without (with particle)   1e) before (of time) × יְדַ֫בֵּ֥רוּ yə·ḏab·bê·rū speak Grammar Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 1696 BSB/Thayers 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing   1a) (Qal) to speak   1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk   1c) (Piel)     1c1) to speak     1c2) to promise   1d) (Pual) to be spoken   1e) (Hithpael) to speak   1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight × שָׁל֗וֹם šā·lō·wm peace , Grammar Noun - masculine singular Strongs 7965 BSB/Thayers 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace   1a) completeness (in number)   1b) safety, soundness (in body)   1c) welfare, health, prosperity   1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment   1e) peace, friendship     1e1) of human relationships     1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship   1f) peace (from war)   1g) peace (as adjective) × יַחֲשֹׁבֽוּן׃ ya·ḥă·šō·ḇūn but they devise Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strongs 2803 BSB/Thayers 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to think, account     1a2) to plan, devise, mean     1a3) to charge, impute, reckon     1a4) to esteem, value, regard     1a5) to invent   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed     1b2) to be computed, be reckoned     1b3) to be imputed   1c) (Piel)     1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of     1c2) to think to do, devise, plan     1c3) to count, reckon   1d) (Hithpael) to be considered × מִ֝רְמוֹת mir·mō·wṯ deceitful Grammar Noun - feminine plural Strongs 4820 BSB/Thayers 1) deceit, treachery × דִּבְרֵ֥י diḇ·rê schemes Grammar Noun - masculine plural construct Strongs 1697 BSB/Thayers 1) speech, word, speaking, thing   1a) speech   1b) saying, utterance   1c) word, words   1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) × וְעַ֥ל wə·‘al against Grammar Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strongs 5921 BSB/Thayers prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against   1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards   1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)   1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)   1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)   1e) over (of suspension or extension)   1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)   1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)   1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although × רִגְעֵי־ riḡ·‘ê- those who live quietly Grammar Adjective - masculine plural construct Strongs 7282 BSB/Thayers 1) restful, quiet × אֶ֑רֶץ ’e·reṣ in the land . Grammar Noun - feminine singular Strongs 776 BSB/Thayers 1) land, earth   1a) earth     1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)     1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)     1a3) earth (inhabitants)   1b) land     1b1) country, territory     1b2) district, region     1b3) tribal territory     1b4) piece of ground     1b5) land of Canaan, Israel     1b6) inhabitants of land     1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world     1b8) city (-state)   1c) ground, surface of the earth     1c1) ground     1c2) soil   1d) (in phrases)     1d1) people of the land     1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)     1d3) level or plain country     1d4) land of the living     1d5) end(s) of the earth   1e) (almost wholly late in usage)     1e1) lands, countries       1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan כִּ֤י kî For לֹ֥א lō they do not יְדַ֫בֵּ֥רוּ yə·ḏab·bê·rū speak שָׁל֗וֹם šā·lō·wm peace , יַחֲשֹׁבֽוּן׃ ya·ḥă·šō·ḇūn but they devise מִ֝רְמוֹת mir·mō·wṯ deceitful דִּבְרֵ֥י diḇ·rê schemes וְעַ֥ל wə·‘al against רִגְעֵי־ riḡ·‘ê- those who live quietly אֶ֑רֶץ ’e·reṣ in the land .
21	They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
	× פִּ֫יהֶ֥ם pî·hem They gape Grammar Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strongs 6310 BSB/Thayers peh 1) mouth   1a) mouth (of man)   1b) mouth (as organ of speech)   1c) mouth (of animals)   1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)   1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21 × וַיַּרְחִ֥יבוּ way·yar·ḥî·ḇū . . . Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 7337 BSB/Thayers 1) to be or grow wide, be or grow large   1a) (Qal) to be widened, be enlarged   1b) (Niphal) broad or roomy pasture (participle)   1c) (Hiphil)     1c1) to make large     1c2) to enlarge × עָלַ֗י ‘ā·lay at me Grammar Preposition | first person common singular Strongs 5921 BSB/Thayers prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against   1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards   1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)   1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)   1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)   1e) over (of suspension or extension)   1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)   1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)   1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although × אָ֭מְרוּ ’ā·mə·rū and say , Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strongs 559 BSB/Thayers 1) to say, speak, utter   1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend   1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called   1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly   1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch × הֶאָ֣ח׀ he·’āḥ “ Aha , Grammar Interjection Strongs 1889 BSB/Thayers 1) aha! × הֶאָ֑ח he·’āḥ aha ! Grammar Interjection Strongs 1889 BSB/Thayers 1) aha! × עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ ‘ê·nê·nū Our eyes Grammar Noun - cdc | first person common plural Strongs 5869 BSB/Thayers 1) eye   1a) eye     1a1) of physical eye     1a2) as showing mental qualities     1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain × רָאֲתָ֥ה rā·’ă·ṯāh have seen ! ” Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strongs 7200 BSB/Thayers 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to see     1a2) to see, perceive     1a3) to see, have vision     1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out     1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish     1a6) to look at, gaze at   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to appear, present oneself     1b2) to be seen     1b3) to be visible   1c) (Pual) to be seen   1d) (Hiphil)     1d1) to cause to see, show     1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at   1e) (Hophal)     1e1) to be caused to see, be shown     1e2) to be exhibited to   1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face פִּ֫יהֶ֥ם pî·hem They gape וַיַּרְחִ֥יבוּ way·yar·ḥî·ḇū . . . עָלַ֗י ‘ā·lay at me אָ֭מְרוּ ’ā·mə·rū and say , הֶאָ֣ח׀ he·’āḥ “ Aha , הֶאָ֑ח he·’āḥ aha ! עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ ‘ê·nê·nū Our eyes רָאֲתָ֥ה rā·’ă·ṯāh have seen ! ”
22	O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
	× יְ֭הוָה Yah·weh O LORD , Grammar Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 3068 BSB/Thayers           Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God   1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 × רָאִ֣יתָה rā·’î·ṯāh You have seen it ; Grammar Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strongs 7200 BSB/Thayers 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to see     1a2) to see, perceive     1a3) to see, have vision     1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out     1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish     1a6) to look at, gaze at   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to appear, present oneself     1b2) to be seen     1b3) to be visible   1c) (Pual) to be seen   1d) (Hiphil)     1d1) to cause to see, show     1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at   1e) (Hophal)     1e1) to be caused to see, be shown     1e2) to be exhibited to   1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face × אַֽל־ ’al- be not Grammar Adverb Strongs 408 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)   1a) do not, let not (with a verb)   1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)   1c) not, no (with substantive)   1d) nothing (as substantive) × תֶּחֱרַ֑שׁ te·ḥĕ·raš silent . Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strongs 2790 BSB/Thayers 1) to cut in, plough, engrave, devise   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to cut in, engrave     1a2) to plough     1a3) to devise   1b) (Niphal) to be ploughed   1c) (Hiphil) to plot evil 2) to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf   2a) (Qal)     2a1) to be silent     2a2) to be deaf   2b) (Hiphil)     2b1) to be silent, keep quiet     2b2) to make silent     2b3) to be deaf, show deafness   2c) (Hithpael) to remain silent × אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י ’ă·ḏō·nāy O Lord , Grammar Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 136 BSB/Thayers 1) my lord, lord   1a) of men   1b) of God 2) Lord-title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence × אֲל־ ’ăl- be not Grammar Adverb Strongs 408 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)   1a) do not, let not (with a verb)   1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)   1c) not, no (with substantive)   1d) nothing (as substantive) × תִּרְחַ֥ק tir·ḥaq far Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strongs 7368 BSB/Thayers v 1) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away   1a) (Qal) to be far, be distant   1b) (Piel) to send far away, extend   1c) (Hiphil)     1c1) to make or exhibit distance, be gone far     1c2) to remove, put far away 2) (Niphal) loose v inf (as adv) 3) at a distance × מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ mim·men·nî from me . Grammar Preposition | first person common singular Strongs 4480 BSB/Thayers prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than   1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of   1b) out of     1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)     1b2) (of material from which something is made)     1b3) (of source or origin)   1c) out of, some of, from (partitively)   1d) from, since, after (of time)   1e) than, more than (in comparison)   1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or   1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)   1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that יְ֭הוָה Yah·weh O LORD , רָאִ֣יתָה rā·’î·ṯāh You have seen it ; אַֽל־ ’al- be not תֶּחֱרַ֑שׁ te·ḥĕ·raš silent . אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י ’ă·ḏō·nāy O Lord , אֲל־ ’ăl- be not תִּרְחַ֥ק tir·ḥaq far מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ mim·men·nî from me .
23	Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
	× הָעִ֣ירָה hā·‘î·rāh Awake Grammar Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strongs 5782 BSB/Thayers 1) to rouse oneself, awake, awaken, incite   1a) (Qal) to rouse oneself, awake   1b) (Niphal) to be roused   1c) (Polel) to stir up, rouse, incite   1d) (Hithpolel) to be excited, be triumphant   1e) (Hiphil)     1e1) to rouse, stir up     1e2) to act in an aroused manner, awake × וְ֭הָקִיצָה wə·hā·qî·ṣāh and rise Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strongs 6974 BSB/Thayers 1) to awake, wake up   1a) (Hiphil) to awaken, arouse, show signs of waking, awake × לְמִשְׁפָּטִ֑י lə·miš·pā·ṭî to my defense , Grammar Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 4941 BSB/Thayers 1) judgment, justice, ordinance   1a) judgment     1a1) act of deciding a case     1a2) place, court, seat of judgment     1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges)     1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment)     1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment)     1a6) execution (of judgment)     1a7) time (of judgment)   1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)   1c) ordinance   1d) decision (in law)   1e) right, privilege, due (legal)   1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan × לְרִיבִֽי׃ lə·rî·ḇî to my cause , Grammar Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 7379 BSB/Thayers 1) strife, controversy, dispute   1a) strife, quarrel   1b) dispute, controversy, case at law × אֱלֹהַ֖י ’ĕ·lō·hay my God Grammar Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strongs 430 BSB/Thayers 1) (plural)   1a) rulers, judges   1b) divine ones   1c) angels   1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)   2a) god, goddess   2b) godlike one   2c) works or special possessions of God   2d) the (true) God   2e) God × וַֽאדֹנָ֣י wa·ḏō·nāy and my Lord ! Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 136 BSB/Thayers 1) my lord, lord   1a) of men   1b) of God 2) Lord-title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence הָעִ֣ירָה hā·‘î·rāh Awake וְ֭הָקִיצָה wə·hā·qî·ṣāh and rise לְמִשְׁפָּטִ֑י lə·miš·pā·ṭî to my defense , לְרִיבִֽי׃ lə·rî·ḇî to my cause , אֱלֹהַ֖י ’ĕ·lō·hay my God וַֽאדֹנָ֣י wa·ḏō·nāy and my Lord !
24	Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
	× שָׁפְטֵ֣נִי šā·p̄ə·ṭê·nî Vindicate me Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strongs 8199 BSB/Thayers 1) to judge, govern, vindicate, punish   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man)       1a1a) to rule, govern, judge     1a2) to decide controversy (of God, man)     1a3) to execute judgment       1a3a) discriminating (of man)       1a3b) vindicating       1a3c) condemning and punishing       1a3d) at theophanic advent for final judgment   1b) (Niphal)     1b1) to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together     1b2) to be judged   1c) (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle) × כְ֭צִדְקְךָ ḵə·ṣiḏ·qə·ḵā by Your righteousness , Grammar Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strongs 6664 BSB/Thayers 1) justice, rightness, righteousness   1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)   1b) righteousness (in government)     1b1) of judges, rulers, kings     1b2) of law     1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah     1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government     1b5) of God's attribute   1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause)   1d) rightness (in speech)   1e) righteousness (as ethically right)   1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity     1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption     1f2) in name of Messianic king     1f3) of people enjoying salvation     1f4) of Cyrus × יְהוָ֥ה Yah·weh O LORD Grammar Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 3068 BSB/Thayers           Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God   1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 × אֱלֹהָ֗י ’ĕ·lō·hāy my God , Grammar Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strongs 430 BSB/Thayers 1) (plural)   1a) rulers, judges   1b) divine ones   1c) angels   1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)   2a) god, goddess   2b) godlike one   2c) works or special possessions of God   2d) the (true) God   2e) God × וְאַל־ wə·’al- and do not let them Grammar Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strongs 408 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)   1a) do not, let not (with a verb)   1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)   1c) not, no (with substantive)   1d) nothing (as substantive) × יִשְׂמְחוּ־ yiś·mə·ḥū- gloat Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 8055 BSB/Thayers 1) to rejoice, be glad   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to rejoice     1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)     1a3) to rejoice (religiously)   1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad   1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad × לִֽי׃ lî over me . Grammar Preposition | first person common singular שָׁפְטֵ֣נִי šā·p̄ə·ṭê·nî Vindicate me כְ֭צִדְקְךָ ḵə·ṣiḏ·qə·ḵā by Your righteousness , יְהוָ֥ה Yah·weh O LORD אֱלֹהָ֗י ’ĕ·lō·hāy my God , וְאַל־ wə·’al- and do not let them יִשְׂמְחוּ־ yiś·mə·ḥū- gloat לִֽי׃ lî over me .
25	Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
	× אַל־ ’al- Let them not Grammar Adverb Strongs 408 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)   1a) do not, let not (with a verb)   1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)   1c) not, no (with substantive)   1d) nothing (as substantive) × יֹאמְר֣וּ yō·mə·rū say Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 559 BSB/Thayers 1) to say, speak, utter   1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend   1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called   1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly   1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch × בְ֭לִבָּם ḇə·lib·bām in their hearts , Grammar Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strongs 3820 BSB/Thayers 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding   1a) inner part, midst     1a1) midst (of things)     1a2) heart (of man)     1a3) soul, heart (of man)     1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory     1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)     1a6) conscience     1a7) heart (of moral character)     1a8) as seat of appetites     1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage × הֶאָ֣ח he·’āḥ “ Aha , Grammar Interjection Strongs 1889 BSB/Thayers 1) aha! × נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ nap̄·šê·nū just what we wanted ! ” Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural Strongs 5315 BSB/Thayers 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion   1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man   1b) living being   1c) living being (with life in the blood)   1d) the man himself, self, person or individual   1e) seat of the appetites   1f) seat of emotions and passions   1g) activity of mind     1g1) dubious   1h) activity of the will     1h1) dubious   1i) activity of the character     1i1) dubious × אַל־ ’al- Let them not Grammar Adverb Strongs 408 BSB/Thayers 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)   1a) do not, let not (with a verb)   1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)   1c) not, no (with substantive)   1d) nothing (as substantive) × יֹ֝אמְר֗וּ yō·mə·rū say , Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 559 BSB/Thayers 1) to say, speak, utter   1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend   1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called   1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly   1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch × בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ׃ bil·la·‘ă·nū·hū “ We have swallowed him up ! ” Grammar Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine singular Strongs 1104 BSB/Thayers 1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to swallow down     1a2) to swallow up, engulf   1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up   1c) (Piel)     1c1) to swallow     1c2) to swallow up, engulf     1c3) squandering (fig.)   1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up   1e) (Hithpael) to be ended אַל־ ’al- Let them not יֹאמְר֣וּ yō·mə·rū say בְ֭לִבָּם ḇə·lib·bām in their hearts , הֶאָ֣ח he·’āḥ “ Aha , נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ nap̄·šê·nū just what we wanted ! ” אַל־ ’al- Let them not יֹ֝אמְר֗וּ yō·mə·rū say , בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ׃ bil·la·‘ă·nū·hū “ We have swallowed him up ! ”
26	May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
	× שְׂמֵחֵ֪י śə·mê·ḥê May those who gloat Grammar Adjective - masculine plural construct Strongs 8056 BSB/Thayers 1) joyful, merry, glad   1a) joyful, showing joy   1b) you who rejoice (subst) × רָעָ֫תִ֥י rā·‘ā·ṯî in my distress Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 7451 BSB/Thayers adj 1) bad, evil   1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant   1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)   1c) evil, displeasing   1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)   1e) bad (of value)   1f) worse than, worst (comparison)   1g) sad, unhappy   1h) evil (hurtful)   1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)   1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)     1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts     1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity   2a) evil, distress, adversity   2b) evil, injury, wrong   2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury   3a) evil, misery, distress   3b) evil, injury, wrong   3c) evil (ethical) × יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ yê·ḇō·šū be ashamed Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 954 BSB/Thayers 1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to feel shame     1a2) to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)   1b) (Piel) to delay (in shame)   1c) (Hiphil)     1c1) to put to shame     1c2) to act shamefully     1c3) to be ashamed   1d) (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another × וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀ wə·yaḥ·pə·rū and confounded Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 2659 BSB/Thayers 1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed   1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed   1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment × יַחְדָּו֮ yaḥ·dāw . . . ; Grammar Adverb Strongs 3162 BSB/Thayers n m 1) union, unitedness adv 2) together, altogether, all together, alike × הַֽמַּגְדִּילִ֥ים ham·maḡ·dî·lîm may those who exalt themselves Grammar Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strongs 1431 BSB/Thayers 1) to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to grow up     1a2) to become great     1a3) to be magnified   1b) (Piel)     1b1) to cause to grow     1b2) to make great, powerful     1b3) to magnify   1c) (Pual) to be brought up   1d) (Hiphil)     1d1) to make great     1d2) to magnify     1d3) to do great things   1e) (Hithpael) to magnify oneself × עָלָֽי׃ ‘ā·lāy over me Grammar Preposition | first person common singular Strongs 5921 BSB/Thayers prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against   1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards   1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)   1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)   1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)   1e) over (of suspension or extension)   1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)   1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)   1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although × יִֽלְבְּשׁוּ־ yil·bə·šū- be clothed Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 3847 BSB/Thayers 1) to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to put on clothes, be clothed, wear     1a2) to put on, be clothed with (fig.)   1b) (Pual) to be fully clothed   1c) (Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress × בֹ֥שֶׁת ḇō·šeṯ in shame Grammar Noun - feminine singular Strongs 1322 BSB/Thayers 1) shame   1a) shame   1b) shameful thing × וּכְלִמָּ֑ה ū·ḵə·lim·māh and reproach . Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strongs 3639 BSB/Thayers 1) disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy   1a) insult, reproach   1b) reproach, ignominy שְׂמֵחֵ֪י śə·mê·ḥê May those who gloat רָעָ֫תִ֥י rā·‘ā·ṯî in my distress יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ yê·ḇō·šū be ashamed וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀ wə·yaḥ·pə·rū and confounded יַחְדָּו֮ yaḥ·dāw . . . ; הַֽמַּגְדִּילִ֥ים ham·maḡ·dî·lîm may those who exalt themselves עָלָֽי׃ ‘ā·lāy over me יִֽלְבְּשׁוּ־ yil·bə·šū- be clothed בֹ֥שֶׁת ḇō·šeṯ in shame וּכְלִמָּ֑ה ū·ḵə·lim·māh and reproach .
27	May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
	× חֲפֵצֵ֪י ḥă·p̄ê·ṣê May those who favor Grammar Adjective - masculine plural construct Strongs 2655 BSB/Thayers 1) desiring, delighting in, having pleasure in × צִ֫דְקִ֥י ṣiḏ·qî my vindication Grammar Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 6664 BSB/Thayers 1) justice, rightness, righteousness   1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)   1b) righteousness (in government)     1b1) of judges, rulers, kings     1b2) of law     1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah     1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government     1b5) of God's attribute   1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause)   1d) rightness (in speech)   1e) righteousness (as ethically right)   1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity     1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption     1f2) in name of Messianic king     1f3) of people enjoying salvation     1f4) of Cyrus × יָרֹ֣נּוּ yā·rōn·nū shout for joy Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 7442 BSB/Thayers 1) to overcome   1a) (Hithpolel) to be overcome 2) to cry out, shout for joy, give a ringing cry   2a) (Qal)     2a1) to give a ringing cry (in joy, exaltation, distress)     2a2) to cry aloud (in summons, exhortation of wisdom)   2b) (Piel) to give a ringing cry (in joy, exultation, praise   2c) (Pual) ringing cry, singing out (passive)   2d) (Hiphil) to cause to ring or sing out (for joy)   2e) (Hithpolel) rejoicing (participle) × וְיִשְׂמְחוּ֮ wə·yiś·mə·ḥū and gladness ; Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 8055 BSB/Thayers 1) to rejoice, be glad   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to rejoice     1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)     1a3) to rejoice (religiously)   1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad   1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad × תָ֭מִיד ṯā·mîḏ may they always Grammar Adverb Strongs 8548 BSB/Thayers 1) continuity, perpetuity, to stretch   1a) continually, continuously (as adverb)   1b) continuity (subst) × וְיֹאמְר֣וּ wə·yō·mə·rū say , Grammar Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strongs 559 BSB/Thayers 1) to say, speak, utter   1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend   1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called   1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly   1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch × יִגְדַּ֣ל yiḡ·dal “ Exalted be Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strongs 1431 BSB/Thayers 1) to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to grow up     1a2) to become great     1a3) to be magnified   1b) (Piel)     1b1) to cause to grow     1b2) to make great, powerful     1b3) to magnify   1c) (Pual) to be brought up   1d) (Hiphil)     1d1) to make great     1d2) to magnify     1d3) to do great things   1e) (Hithpael) to magnify oneself × יְהוָ֑ה Yah·weh the LORD Grammar Noun - proper - masculine singular Strongs 3068 BSB/Thayers           Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God   1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 × הֶ֝חָפֵ֗ץ he·ḥā·p̄êṣ who delights Grammar Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strongs 2655 BSB/Thayers 1) desiring, delighting in, having pleasure in × עַבְדּֽוֹ׃ ‘aḇ·dōw in His servant’s Grammar Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strongs 5650 BSB/Thayers 1) slave, servant   1a) slave, servant, man-servant   1b) subjects   1c) servants, worshippers (of God)   1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)   1e) servant (of Israel)   1f) servant (as form of address between equals) × שְׁל֣וֹם šə·lō·wm well-being . ” Grammar Noun - masculine singular construct Strongs 7965 BSB/Thayers 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace   1a) completeness (in number)   1b) safety, soundness (in body)   1c) welfare, health, prosperity   1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment   1e) peace, friendship     1e1) of human relationships     1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship   1f) peace (from war)   1g) peace (as adjective) חֲפֵצֵ֪י ḥă·p̄ê·ṣê May those who favor צִ֫דְקִ֥י ṣiḏ·qî my vindication יָרֹ֣נּוּ yā·rōn·nū shout for joy וְיִשְׂמְחוּ֮ wə·yiś·mə·ḥū and gladness ; תָ֭מִיד ṯā·mîḏ may they always וְיֹאמְר֣וּ wə·yō·mə·rū say , יִגְדַּ֣ל yiḡ·dal “ Exalted be יְהוָ֑ה Yah·weh the LORD הֶ֝חָפֵ֗ץ he·ḥā·p̄êṣ who delights עַבְדּֽוֹ׃ ‘aḇ·dōw in His servant’s שְׁל֣וֹם šə·lō·wm well-being . ”
28	Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
	× וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי ū·lə·šō·w·nî Then my tongue Grammar Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strongs 3956 BSB/Thayers 1) tongue   1a) tongue (of men)     1a1) tongue (literal)     1a2) tongue (organ of speech)   1b) language   1c) tongue (of animals)   1d) tongue (of fire)   1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped) × תֶּהְגֶּ֣ה teh·geh will proclaim Grammar Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strongs 1897 BSB/Thayers 1) to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak   1a) (Qal)     1a1) to roar, growl, groan     1a2) to utter, speak     1a3) to meditate, devise, muse, imagine   1b) (Poal) to utter   1c) (Hiphil) to mutter × צִדְקֶ֑ךָ ṣiḏ·qe·ḵā Your righteousness Grammar Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strongs 6664 BSB/Thayers 1) justice, rightness, righteousness   1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)   1b) righteousness (in government)     1b1) of judges, rulers, kings     1b2) of law     1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah     1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government     1b5) of God's attribute   1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause)   1d) rightness (in speech)   1e) righteousness (as ethically right)   1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity     1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption     1f2) in name of Messianic king     1f3) of people enjoying salvation     1f4) of Cyrus × תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃ tə·hil·lā·ṯe·ḵā [and] Your praises Grammar Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strongs 8416 BSB/Thayers 1) praise, song or hymn of praise   1a) praise, adoration, thanksgiving (paid to God)   1b) act of general or public praise   1c) praise-song (as title)   1d) praise (demanded by qualities or deeds or attributes of God)   1e) renown, fame, glory     1e1) of Damascus, God     1e2) object of praise, possessor of renown (fig) × כָּל־ kāl- all Grammar Noun - masculine singular construct Strongs 3605 BSB/Thayers 1) all, the whole   1a) all, the whole of   1b) any, each, every, anything   1c) totality, everything × הַ֝יּוֹם hay·yō·wm day long . Grammar Article | Noun - masculine singular Strongs 3117 BSB/Thayers 1) day, time, year   1a) day (as opposed to night)   1b) day (24 hour period)     1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1     1b2) as a division of time       1b2a) a working day, a day's journey   1c) days, lifetime (pl.)   1d) time, period (general)   1e) year   1f) temporal references     1f1) today     1f2) yesterday     1f3) tomorrow וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי ū·lə·šō·w·nî Then my tongue תֶּהְגֶּ֣ה teh·geh will proclaim צִדְקֶ֑ךָ ṣiḏ·qe·ḵā Your righteousness תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃ tə·hil·lā·ṯe·ḵā [and] Your praises כָּל־ kāl- all הַ֝יּוֹם hay·yō·wm day long .