1 A Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- A Song H7892 (שִׁיר) — a song; abstractly, singing
- of degrees H4609 (מַעֲלָה) — elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mar…
- Many a time H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- have they afflicted H6887 (צָרַר) — to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
- me from my youth H5271 (נָעוּר) — (only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
- may Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- now say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Many a time H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- have they afflicted H6887 (צָרַר) — to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
- me from my youth H5271 (נָעוּר) — (only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
- yet they have not prevailed H3201 (יָכֹל) — to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
3 The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The plowers H2790 (חָרַשׁ) — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); he…
- plowed H2790 (חָרַשׁ) — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); he…
- upon my back H1354 (גַב) — the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
- they made long H748 (אָרַךְ) — to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
- their furrows H4618 (מַעֲנָה) — a furrow
4 Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- righteous H6662 (צַדִּיק) — just
- he hath cut asunder H7112 (קָצַץ) — to chop off (literally or figuratively)
- the cords H5688 (עֲבֹת) — something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
- of the wicked H7563 (רָשָׁע) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Let them all be confounded H954 (בּוּשׁ) — properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
- and turned H5472 (סוּג) — properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
- back H268 (אָחוֹר) — the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
- that hate H8130 (שָׂנֵא) — to hate (personally)
- Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Let them be as the grass H2682 (חָצִיר) — grass; also a leek (collectively)
- the housetops H1406 (גָּג) — a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
- which withereth H3001 (יָבֵשׁ) — to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- afore H6927 (קַדְמָה) — priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
- it groweth up H8025 (שָׁלַף) — to pull out, up or off
7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Wherewith the mower H7114 (קָצַר) — to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
- filleth H4390 (מָלֵא) — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- not his hand H3709 (כַּף) — the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); fig…
- nor he that bindeth sheaves H6014 (עָמַר) — properly, apparently to heap; figuratively, to chastise (as if piling blows); to gather grain
- his bosom H2683 (חֵצֶן) — the bosom (as comprised between the arms)
8 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Neither do they which go by H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
- say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- The blessing H1293 (בְּרָכָה) — benediction; by implication prosperity
- of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- upon you: we bless H1288 (בָּרַךְ) — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- you in the name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character