1 A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- A Psalm H4210 (מִזְמוֹר) — properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
- of Asaph H623 (אָסָף) — Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
- The mighty H410 (אֵל) — strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- 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
- hath spoken H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- and called H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- from the rising H4217 (מִזְרָח) — sunrise, i.e. the east
- of the sun H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ) — the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- unto the going down H3996 (מָבוֹא) — an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Out of Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
- the perfection H4359 (מִכְלָל) — perfection (of beauty)
- of beauty H3308 (יֳפִי) — beauty
- 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…
- hath shined H3313 (יָפַע) — to shine
3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Our 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…
- shall come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- and shall not keep silence 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…
- a fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
- shall devour H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- before 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…
- him, and it shall be very 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…
- tempestuous H8175 (שָׂעַר) — to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear
- round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
4 He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- He shall call H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- to the 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)
- from above H5920 (עַל) — properly, the top; specifically, the Highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
- and to the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- that he may judge H1777 (דִּין) — to rule; by implication to judge (as umpire); also to strive (as at law)
- his people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
5 Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Gather H622 (אָסַף) — to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
- my saints H2623 (חָסִיד) — properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
- together unto me; those that have made H3772 (כָּרַת) — to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh a…
- a covenant H1285 (בְּרִית) — a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- with me by sacrifice H2077 (זֶבַח) — properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. [SelahCross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the 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)
- shall 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…
- his righteousness H6664 (צֶדֶק) — the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- for 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…
- judge H8199 (שָׁפַט) — to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figur…
- Selah H5542 (סֶלָה) — suspension (of music), i.e. pause
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, even thy God.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Hear H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- O 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
- and I will speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- O Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- and I will testify H5749 (עוּד) — to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
- 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…
- thy 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…
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I will not reprove H3198 (יָכַח) — to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
- thee for thy sacrifices H2077 (זֶבַח) — properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
- or thy burnt offerings H5930 (עֹלָה) — a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
- continually H8548 (תָּמִיד) — properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the regular (dai…
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I will take H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- no bullock H6499 (פַּר) — a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
- out of thy house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- he goats H6260 (עַתּוּד) — prepared, i.e. full grown; spoken only (in plural) of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people
- out of thy folds H4356 (מִכְלָאָה) — a pen (for flocks)
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For every beast 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),…
- of the forest H3293 (יַעַר) — a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
- the cattle H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- upon a thousand H505 (אֶלֶף) — hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
- hills H2042 (הָרָר) — a mountain
11 I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- all the fowls H5775 (עוֹף) — a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- of the mountains H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- and the wild beasts H2123 (זִיז) — fulness of the breast; also a moving creature
- of the field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
- mine H5978 (עִמָּד) — along with
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- If I were hungry H7456 (רָעֵב) — to hunger
- I would not tell H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- thee: for the world H8398 (תֵּבֵל) — the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
- mine, and the fulness H4393 (מְלֹא) — fulness (literally or figuratively)
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Will I eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- the flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
- of bulls H47 (אַבִּיר)
- or drink H8354 (שָׁתָה) — to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
- the blood H1818 (דָּם) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. dr…
- of goats H6260 (עַתּוּד) — prepared, i.e. full grown; spoken only (in plural) of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people
14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Offer H2076 (זָבַח) — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
- unto 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…
- thanksgiving H8426 (תּוֹדָה) — properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
- and pay 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…
- thy vows H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- unto the most High H5945 (עֶלְיוֹן) — an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And call H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- upon me in 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…
- of trouble H6869 (צָרָה) — tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
- I will deliver H2502 (חָלַץ) — to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
- thee, and thou shalt glorify 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…
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But unto the wicked H7563 (רָשָׁע) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- 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…
- saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- What hast thou to do to declare H5608 (סָפַר) — properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
- my statutes H2706 (חֹק) — an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
- thou shouldest take H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- my covenant H1285 (בְּרִית) — a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- in thy 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…
17 Seeing that thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Seeing thou hatest H8130 (שָׂנֵא) — to hate (personally)
- instruction H4148 (מוּסָר) — properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
- and castest H7993 (שָׁלַךְ) — to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
- my words H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- behind H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- When thou sawest H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- a thief H1590 (גַּנָּב) — a stealer
- then thou consentedst H7521 (רָצָה) — to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
- with him, and hast been partaker H2506 (חֵלֶק) — properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
- with adulterers H5003 (נָאַף) — to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou givest H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- thy 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…
- to evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- and thy tongue H3956 (לָשׁוֹן) — the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of…
- frameth H6775 (צָמַד) — to link, i.e. gird; figuratively, to serve, (mentally) contrive
- deceit H4820 (מִרְמָה) — fraud
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou sittest H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- speakest H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- against thy brother H251 (אָח) — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])
- thou H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- slanderest H1848 (דׇּפִי) — a stumbling-block
- thine own mother’s H517 (אֵם) — a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
- 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,…
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- hast thou done H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- and I kept silence 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…
- thou thoughtest H1819 (דָּמָה) — to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
- that I was altogether H1961 (הָיָה) — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- I will reprove H3198 (יָכַח) — to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
- in order H6186 (עָרַךְ) — to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
- before thine eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Now consider H995 (בִּין) — to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
- this, ye that forget H7911 (שָׁכַח) — to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
- God H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ) — a deity or the Deity
- in pieces H2963 (טָרַף) — to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
- none to deliver H5337 (נָצַל) — to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; And to him that ordereth his way aright Will I show the salvation of God.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Whoso offereth H2076 (זָבַח) — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
- praise H8426 (תּוֹדָה) — properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
- glorifieth 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…
- me: and to him that ordereth H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- conversation H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- will I shew H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- the salvation H3468 (יֶשַׁע) — liberty, deliverance, prosperity
- of 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…