1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- To the chief Musician H5329 (נָצַח) — properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent
- of David H1732 (דָּוִד) — David, the youngest son of Jesse
- In Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- put I my trust H2620 (חָסָה) — to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
- how say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- ye to my soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- Flee H5110 (נוּד) — to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn)…
- a bird H6833 (צִפּוֹר) — a little bird (as hopping)
- to your mountain H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For, lo, the wicked H7563 (רָשָׁע) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- bend H1869 (דָּרַךְ) — to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
- bow H7198 (קֶשֶׁת) — a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
- they make ready H3559 (כּוּן) — properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, a…
- their arrow H2671 (חֵץ) — properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
- upon the string H3499 (יֶתֶר) — properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
- that they may privily H1119 (בְּמוֹ) — in, with, by, etc.
- that they may privily H652 (אֹפֶל) — dusk
- shoot H3384 (יָרָה) — properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the f…
- at the upright H3477 (יָשָׁר) — straight (literally or figuratively)
- in heart H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
3 If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- If the foundations H8356 (שָׁתָה) — a basis, i.e. (figuratively) political or moral support
- be destroyed H2040 (הָרַס) — to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
- what can the righteous H6662 (צַדִּיק) — just
- do H6466 (פָּעַל) — to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
4 Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- in his holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- temple H1964 (הֵיכָל) — a large public building, such as a palace or temple
- Yhwh’s H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- throne H3678 (כִּסֵּא) — properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
- in heaven H8064 (שָׁמַיִם) — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
- his eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- behold H2372 (חָזָה) — to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
- his eyelids H6079 (עַפְעַף) — an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray
- try H974 (בָּחַן) — to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
- the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of men H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
5 Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- trieth H974 (בָּחַן) — to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
- the righteous H6662 (צַדִּיק) — just
- but the wicked H7563 (רָשָׁע) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- and him that loveth H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- violence H2555 (חָמָס) — violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
- his soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- hateth H8130 (שָׂנֵא) — to hate (personally)
6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Upon the wicked H7563 (רָשָׁע) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- he shall rain H4305 (מָטַר) — to rain
- snares H6341 (פַּח) — a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
- fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
- and brimstone H1614 (גׇּפְרִית) — properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
- and an horrible H2152 (זַלְעָפָה) — a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)
- tempest H7307 (רוּחַ) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by re…
- the portion H4521 (מְנָת) — an allotment (by courtesy, law or providence)
- of their cup H3563 (כּוֹס) — a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
7 For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For the righteous H6662 (צַדִּיק) — just
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- loveth H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- righteousness H6666 (צְדָקָה) — rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- his countenance H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- doth behold H2372 (חָזָה) — to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
- the upright H3477 (יָשָׁר) — straight (literally or figuratively)