1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- A Psalm H4210 (מִזְמוֹר) — properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
- of David H1732 (דָּוִד) — David, the youngest son of Jesse
- to bring to remembrance H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- rebuke H3198 (יָכַח) — to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
- me not in thy wrath H7110 (קֶצֶף) — a splinter (as chipped off); figuratively, rage or strife
- neither chasten H3256 (יָסַר) — to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
- me in thy hot displeasure H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For 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
- stick fast H5181 (נָחַת) — to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead down
- in me, and thy 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…
- presseth me sore H5181 (נָחַת) — to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead down
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- no soundness H4974 (מְתֹם) — wholesomeness; also (adverb) completely
- in my flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
- because 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…
- of thine anger H2195 (זַעַם) — strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin)
- rest H7965 (שָׁלוֹם) — safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
- in my bones H6106 (עֶצֶם) — a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
- of my sin H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For mine iniquities H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- are gone over H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
- mine head H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- as an heavy H3515 (כָּבֵד) — heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
- burden H4853 (מַשָּׂא) — a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
- they are too heavy H3513 (כָּבַד) — to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses…
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- My wounds H2250 (חַבּוּרָה) — properly, bound (with stripes), i.e. a weal (or black-and-blue mark itself)
- stink H887 (בָּאַשׁ) — to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally
- are corrupt H4743 (מָקַק) — to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish
- because 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…
- of my foolishness H200 (אִוֶּלֶת) — silliness
6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I am troubled H5753 (עָוָה) — to crook, literally or figuratively
- I am bowed down H7817 (שָׁחַח) — to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
- greatly H3966 (מְאֹד) — properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlativ…
- I go H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- mourning H6937 (קָדַר) — to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
- all the day 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…
7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For my loins H3689 (כֶּסֶל) — properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a goo…
- are filled H4390 (מָלֵא) — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- with a loathsome H7033 (קָלָה) — to toast, i.e. scorch partially or slowly
- no soundness H4974 (מְתֹם) — wholesomeness; also (adverb) completely
- in my flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I am feeble H6313 (פּוּג) — to be sluggish
- and sore H3966 (מְאֹד) — properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlativ…
- broken H1794 (דָּכָה) — to collapse (phys. or mentally)
- I have roared H7580 (שָׁאַג) — to rumble or moan
- by reason of the disquietness H5100 (נְהָמָה) — snarling
- of my 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
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- all my desire H8378 (תַּאֲוָה) — a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
- before thee; and my groaning H585 (אֲנָחָה) — sighing
- is not hid H5641 (סָתַר) — to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
10 My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- My 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
- panteth H5503 (סָחַר) — to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
- my strength H3581 (כֹּחַ) — vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
- faileth H5800 (עָזַב) — to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- me: as for the light H216 (אוֹר) — illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
- of mine eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- it H1992 (הֵם) — they (only used when emphatic)
- also is gone H369 (אַיִן) — a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- My lovers H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- and my friends H7453 (רֵעַ) — an associate (more or less close)
- stand H5975 (עָמַד) — to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- aloof from H5048 (נֶגֶד) — a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
- my sore H5061 (נֶגַע) — a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)
- and my kinsmen H7138 (קָרוֹב) — near (in place, kindred or time)
- afar off H7350 (רָחוֹק) — remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- They also that seek H1245 (בָּקַשׁ) — to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- after my life 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)
- lay snares H5367 (נָקַשׁ) — to entrap (with a noose), literally or figuratively
- and they that seek H1875 (דָּרַשׁ) — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
- my hurt H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- mischievous things H1942 (הַוָּה) — by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
- and imagine H1897 (הָגָה) — to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
- deceits H4820 (מִרְמָה) — fraud
- all the day 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…
13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But I, as a deaf H2795 (חֵרֵשׁ) — deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
- heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- as a dumb man H483 (אִלֵּם) — speechless
- openeth H6605 (פָּתַח) — to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
- not his 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…
14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thus I was as a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- that heareth H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- not, and in 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…
- no reproofs H8433 (תּוֹכֵחָה) — chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For in thee, O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- do I hope H3176 (יָחַל) — to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
- thou wilt hear H6030 (עָנָה) — properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, a…
- O Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- my 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…
16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- they should rejoice H8055 (שָׂמַח) — probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
- over me: when my foot H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
- slippeth H4131 (מוֹט) — to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall
- they magnify H1431 (גָּדַל) — to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
17 For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- 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…
- to halt H6761 (צֶלַע) — a limping or full (figuratively)
- and my sorrow H4341 (מַכְאֹב) — anguish or (figuratively) affliction
- continually H8548 (תָּמִיד) — properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the regular (dai…
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For I will declare H5046 (נָגַד) — properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present…
- mine iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- I will be sorry H1672 (דָּאַג) — be anxious
- for my sin H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
19 But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But mine enemies H341 (אֹיֵב) — hating; an adversary
- lively H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
- they are strong H6105 (עָצַם) — to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones
- and they that hate H8130 (שָׂנֵא) — to hate (personally)
- me wrongfully H8267 (שֶׁקֶר) — an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
- are multiplied H7231 (רָבַב) — properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad
20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- They also that render H7999 (שָׁלַם) — to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in variou…
- evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- for good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
- are mine adversaries H7853 (שָׂטַן) — to attack, (figuratively) accuse
- because I follow H7291 (רָדַף) — to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
- good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Forsake H5800 (עָזַב) — to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- me not, O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- O my 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…
- be not far H7368 (רָחַק) — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Make haste H2363 (חוּשׁ) — to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
- to help H5833 (עֶזְרָה) — aid
- me, O Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- my salvation H8668 (תְּשׁוּעָה) — rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)