1 For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?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
- Al–taschith H516 (אַל תַּשְׁחֵת) — 'Thou must not destroy'; probably the opening words to a popular song
- Michtam H4387 (מִכְתָּם) — an engraving, i.e. (techn.) a poem
- of David H1732 (דָּוִד) — David, the youngest son of Jesse
- Do ye indeed H552 (אֻמְנָם)
- speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- righteousness H6664 (צֶדֶק) — the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- O congregation H482 (אֵלֶם) — silence (i.e. mute justice)
- do ye 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…
- uprightly H4339 (מֵישָׁר) — evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
- O ye 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,…
- of men H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
2 Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yea, 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
- ye work H6466 (פָּעַל) — to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
- wickedness H5766 (עֶוֶל) — (moral) evil
- ye weigh H6424 (פָּלַס) — properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)
- the violence H2555 (חָמָס) — violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
- of your 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…
- in the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The wicked H7563 (רָשָׁע) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- are estranged H2114 (זוּר) — to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
- from the womb H7358 (רֶחֶם) — the womb
- they go astray H8582 (תָּעָה) — to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
- as soon as they be born H990 (בֶּטֶן) — the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
- speaking H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- lies H3577 (כָּזָב) — falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Their poison H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
- like H1823 (דְּמוּת) — resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
- the poison H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
- of a serpent H5175 (נָחָשׁ) — a snake (from its hiss)
- like the deaf H2795 (חֵרֵשׁ) — deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
- adder H6620 (פֶּתֶן) — an asp (from its contortions)
- stoppeth H331 (אָטַם) — to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
- her ear H241 (אֹזֶן) — broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Which will not hearken H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- to the voice H6963 (קוֹל) — a voice or sound
- of charmers H3907 (לָחַשׁ) — to whisper; by implication, to mumble a spell (as a magician)
- charming H2267 (חֶבֶר) — a society; also a spell
- charming H2266 (חָבַר) — to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
- never so wisely H2449 (חָכַם) — to be wise (in mind, word or act)
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Break H2040 (הָרַס) — to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
- their teeth H8127 (שֵׁן) — a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
- 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…
- in their 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…
- break out H5422 (נָתַץ) — to tear down
- the great teeth H4459 (מַלְתָּעָה) — a grinder, i.e. back tooth
- of the young lions H3715 (כְּפִיר) — a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
- O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Let them melt away H3988 (מָאַס) — to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
- as waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- run continually H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- he bendeth H1869 (דָּרַךְ) — to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
- his arrows H2671 (חֵץ) — properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
- let them be as cut in pieces H4135 (מוּל) — to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
8 Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- As a snail H7642 (שַׁבְלוּל) — a snail (as if floating in its own slime)
- melteth H8557 (תֶּמֶס) — liquefaction, i.e. disappearance
- pass away H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- the untimely birth H5309 (נֶפֶל) — something fallen, i.e. an abortion
- of a woman H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- they may not see H2372 (חָזָה) — to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
- the sun H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ) — the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Before your pots H5518 (סִיר) — a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
- can feel H995 (בִּין) — to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
- the thorns H329 (אָטָד) — a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn)
- he shall take them away as with a whirlwind H8175 (שָׂעַר) — to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear
- both living 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),…
- wrath H2740 (חָרוֹן) — a burning of anger
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The righteous H6662 (צַדִּיק) — just
- shall rejoice H8055 (שָׂמַח) — probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
- when he seeth H2372 (חָזָה) — to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
- the vengeance H5359 (נָקָם) — revenge
- he shall wash H7364 (רָחַץ) — to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
- his feet H6471 (פַּעַם) — a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
- in 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 the wicked H7563 (רָשָׁע) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- So that a man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- shall say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- a reward H6529 (פְּרִי) — fruit (literally or figuratively)
- for the righteous H6662 (צַדִּיק) — just
- verily he is H3426 (יֵשׁ) — there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
- a 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…
- that judgeth 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…
- in the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)