1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.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
- 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…
- the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- are come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- into thine inheritance H5159 (נַחֲלָה) — properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
- thy holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- temple H1964 (הֵיכָל) — a large public building, such as a palace or temple
- have they defiled H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- they have laid H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- on heaps H5856 (עִי) — a ruin (as if overturned)
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The dead bodies H5038 (נְבֵלָה) — a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
- of thy servants H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
- have they given H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- meat H3978 (מַאֲכָל) — an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
- unto the fowls H5775 (עוֹף) — a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- of the heaven 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)
- the flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
- of thy saints H2623 (חָסִיד) — properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
- unto the beasts 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 earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Their 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…
- have they shed H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
- like water H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
- Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- none to bury H6912 (קָבַר) — to inter
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- We are become a reproach H2781 (חֶרְפָּה) — contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
- to our neighbours H7934 (שָׁכֵן) — a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
- a scorn H3933 (לַעַג) — derision, scoffing
- and derision H7047 (קֶלֶס) — a laughing-stock
- to them that are round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
5 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- How long, Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- wilt thou be angry H599 (אָנַף) — to breathe hard, i.e. be enraged
- for ever H5331 (נֶצַח) — properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confi…
- shall thy jealousy H7068 (קִנְאָה) — jealousy or envy
- burn H1197 (בָּעַר) — to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish
- like fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Pour out H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
- thy wrath H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
- upon the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- that have not known H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- thee, and upon the kingdoms H4467 (מַמְלָכָה) — dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
- that have not called H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- upon thy name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
7 For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For they have devoured H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- and laid waste H8074 (שָׁמֵם) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
- his dwelling place H5116 (נָוֶה) — (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (d…
8 Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- O remember H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- not against us former H7223 (רִאשׁוֹן) — first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
- iniquities H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- let thy tender mercies H7356 (רַחַם) — compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
- speedily H4118 (מַהֵר) — properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in a hurry
- come to H6923 (קָדַם) — to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
- us: for we are brought H1809 (דָּלַל) — to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
- 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…
- low H1809 (דָּלַל) — to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name’s sake.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Help H5826 (עָזַר) — to surround, i.e. protect or aid
- us, 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…
- of our salvation H3468 (יֶשַׁע) — liberty, deliverance, prosperity
- for H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- the glory H3519 (כָּבוֹד) — properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- of thy name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- and deliver H5337 (נָצַל) — to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- us, and purge away H3722 (כָּפַר) — to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
- our sins H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
- for thy name’s H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
10 Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Wherefore should the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- their 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…
- let him be known H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- among the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- in our sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- the revenging H5360 (נְקָמָה) — avengement, whether the act or the passion
- of 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 thy servants H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
- shed H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Let the sighing H603 (אֲנָקָה) — shrieking
- of the prisoner H615 (אָסִיר) — bound, i.e. a captive
- come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- 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…
- thee; according to the greatness H1433 (גֹּדֶל) — magnitude (literally or figuratively)
- of thy power H2220 (זְרוֹעַ) — the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
- preserve H3498 (יָתַר) — to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
- thou those that are appointed 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,…
- to die H8546 (תְּמוּתָה) — execution (as a doom)
12 And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And render H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- unto our neighbours H7934 (שָׁכֵן) — a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
- sevenfold H7659 (שִׁבְעָתַיִם) — seven-times
- into their bosom H2436 (חֵיק) — the bosom (literally or figuratively)
- their reproach H2781 (חֶרְפָּה) — contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
- wherewith they have reproached H2778 (חָרַף) — to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; to spend th…
- thee, O Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- So we thy 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 sheep H6629 (צֹאן) — a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- of thy pasture H4830 (מִרְעִית) — pasturage; concretely, a flock
- will give thee thanks H3034 (יָדָה) — physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
- for ever H5769 (עוֹלָם) — properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially…
- we will shew forth 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
- thy praise H8416 (תְּהִלָּה) — laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
- to all H1755 (דּוֹר) — properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- generations H1755 (דּוֹר) — properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling