1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- of David H1732 (דָּוִד) — David, the youngest son of Jesse
- Blessed 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)
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- my strength H6697 (צוּר) — properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
- which teacheth H3925 (לָמַד) — properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
- my hands H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- to war H7128 (קְרָב) — hostile encounter
- my fingers H676 (אֶצְבַּע) — something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
- to fight H4421 (מִלְחָמָה) — a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare)
2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- My goodness H2617 (חֶסֶד) — kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
- and my fortress H4686 (מָצוּד) — a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastness
- my high tower H4869 (מִשְׂגָּב) — properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); abstractly, altitude; figuratively, a refuge; Misgab, a place in Moab
- and my deliverer H6403 (פָּלַט) — to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliver
- my shield H4043 (מָגֵן) — a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
- in whom I trust H2620 (חָסָה) — to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
- who subdueth H7286 (רָדַד) — to tread in pieces, i.e. (figuratively) to conquer, or (specifically) to overlay
- my people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
3 Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- that thou takest knowledge H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- the son 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 man H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) — properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
- that thou makest account H2803 (חָשַׁב) — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); h…
4 Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- is like H1819 (דָּמָה) — to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
- to vanity H1892 (הֶבֶל) — emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
- his days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- as a shadow H6738 (צֵל) — shade, whether literal or figurative
- that passeth away H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
5 Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Bow H5186 (נָטָה) — to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
- thy heavens 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)
- O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- and come down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
- touch H5060 (נָגַע) — properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire);…
- the mountains H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- and they shall smoke H6225 (עָשַׁן) — to smoke, whether literal or figurative
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Cast forth H1299 (בָּרַק) — to lighten (lightning)
- lightning H1300 (בָּרָק) — lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
- and scatter H6327 (פּוּץ) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
- them: shoot out H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- thine arrows H2671 (חֵץ) — properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
- and destroy H2000 (הָמַם) — properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy
7 Stretch forth thy hand from above; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Send H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- thine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- from above H4791 (מָרוֹם) — altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
- rid H6475 (פָּצָה) — to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
- me, and deliver H5337 (נָצַל) — to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- me out of great H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- from the hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- of strange H5236 (נֵכָר) — foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
- 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,…
8 Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Whose mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
- speaketh H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- vanity H7723 (שָׁוְא) — evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also…
- and their right hand H3225 (יָמִין) — the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
- a right hand H3225 (יָמִין) — the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
- of falsehood H8267 (שֶׁקֶר) — an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I will sing H7891 (שִׁיר) — to sing
- a new H2319 (חָדָשׁ) — new
- song H7892 (שִׁיר) — a song; abstractly, singing
- unto thee, O God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- upon a psaltery H5035 (נֶבֶל) — a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
- an instrument of ten strings H6218 (עָשׂוֹר) — ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
- will I sing praises H2167 (זָמַר) — properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and musi…
10 Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- that giveth H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- salvation H8668 (תְּשׁוּעָה) — rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)
- unto kings H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
- who delivereth H6475 (פָּצָה) — to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
- David H1732 (דָּוִד) — David, the youngest son of Jesse
- his servant H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
- from the hurtful H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Rid H6475 (פָּצָה) — to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
- me, and deliver H5337 (נָצַל) — to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- me from the hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- of strange H5236 (נֵכָר) — foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
- 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,…
- whose mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
- speaketh H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- vanity H7723 (שָׁוְא) — evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also…
- and their right hand H3225 (יָמִין) — the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
- a right hand H3225 (יָמִין) — the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
- of falsehood H8267 (שֶׁקֶר) — an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
12 When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- That our sons 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,…
- as plants H5195 (נָטִיעַ) — a plant
- grown up H1431 (גָּדַל) — to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
- in their youth H5271 (נָעוּר) — (only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
- our daughters H1323 (בַּת) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- as corner stones H2106 (זָוִית) — an angle (as projecting), i.e. (by implication) a corner-column (or anta)
- polished H2404 (חָטַב) — to chop or carve wood
- the similitude H8403 (תַּבְנִית) — structure; by implication, a model, resemblance
- of a palace H1964 (הֵיכָל) — a large public building, such as a palace or temple
13 When our garners are full, affording all manner of store, And our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- our garners H4200 (מֶזֶו) — a granary
- full H4392 (מָלֵא) — full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
- affording H6329 (פּוּק) — to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed
- all manner of store H2177 (זַן) — properly, nourished (or fully developed), i.e. a form or sort
- our sheep H6629 (צֹאן) — a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- may bring forth thousands H503 (אָלַף) — causative, to make a thousandfold
- and ten thousands H7231 (רָבַב) — properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad
- in our streets H2351 (חוּץ) — properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
14 When our oxen are well laden; When there is no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- our oxen H441 (אַלּוּף) — familiar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although masculine, to a cow); and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)
- strong to labour H5445 (סָבַל) — to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
- no breaking in H6556 (פֶּרֶץ) — a break (literally or figuratively)
- nor going out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- no complaining H6682 (צְוָחָה) — a screech (of anguish)
- in our streets H7339 (רְחֹב) — a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
15 Happy is the people that is in such a case; Yea, happy is the people whose God is Jehovah.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Happy H835 (אֶשֶׁר) — happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
- people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- that is in such a case H3602 (כָּכָה) — just so, referring to the previous or following context
- whose God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God