1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.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
- upon Gittith H1665 (גִּתִּית) — a Gittite harp
- of Asaph H623 (אָסָף) — Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
- Sing aloud H7442 (רָנַן) — properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)
- 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…
- our strength H5797 (עֹז) — strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
- make a joyful noise H7321 (רוּעַ) — to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
- unto the 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 Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
2 Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Take H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- a psalm H2172 (זִמְרָה) — a musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrument
- and bring H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- hither the timbrel H8596 (תֹּף) — a tambourine
- the pleasant H5273 (נָעִים) — delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
- harp H3658 (כִּנּוֹר) — a harp
- with the 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)
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Blow up H8628 (תָּקַע) — to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman b…
- the trumpet H7782 (שׁוֹפָר) — a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
- in the new moon H2320 (חֹדֶשׁ) — the new moon; by implication, a month
- in the time appointed H3677 (כֶּסֶא) — properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival
- on our solemn feast H2282 (חַג) — a festival, or a victim therefor
- 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…
4 For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- a statute H2706 (חֹק) — an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
- for Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- a law H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
- of the 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 Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
5 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- This he ordained H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- in Joseph H3084 (יְהוֹסֵף) — Jehoseph (i.e. Joseph), a son of Jacob
- a testimony H5715 (עֵדוּת) — testimony
- when he went out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- through the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- I heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- a language H8193 (שָׂפָה) — the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
- I understood H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I removed H5493 (סוּר) — to turn off (literally or figuratively)
- his shoulder H7926 (שְׁכֶם) — the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill
- from the burden H5447 (סֵבֶל) — a load (literally or figuratively)
- his hands H3709 (כַּף) — the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); fig…
- were delivered H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
- from the pots H1731 (דּוּד) — a pot (for boiling); also (by resemblance of shape) a basket
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. [SelahCross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou calledst H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- in trouble H6869 (צָרָה) — tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
- and I delivered H2502 (חָלַץ) — to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
- thee; I answered 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…
- thee in the secret place H5643 (סֵתֶר) — a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
- of thunder H7482 (רַעַם) — a peal of thunder
- I proved H974 (בָּחַן) — to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
- thee at the waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- of Meribah H4809 (מְרִיבָה) — Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert
- Selah H5542 (סֶלָה) — suspension (of music), i.e. pause
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!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 testify H5749 (עוּד) — to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
- unto thee: O Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- if thou wilt hearken H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- There shall no strange H2114 (זוּר) — to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
- god H410 (אֵל) — strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- be in thee; neither shalt thou worship H7812 (שָׁחָה) — to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
- any strange H5236 (נֵכָר) — foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
10 I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- 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…
- which brought H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- thee out of the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- open 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…
- wide H7337 (רָחַב) — to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
- and I will fill H4390 (מָלֵא) — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
11 But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But 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
- would not hearken H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- to my voice H6963 (קוֹל) — a voice or sound
- and Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- would H14 (אָבָה) — to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- So I gave them up H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- unto their own hearts’ H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- lust H8307 (שְׁרִירוּת) — obstinacy
- they walked H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
- in their own counsels H4156 (מוֹעֵצָה) — a purpose
13 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Oh H3863 (לוּא) — a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
- that 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
- had hearkened H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- had walked H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- in my ways H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
14 I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I should soon H4592 (מְעַט) — a little or few (often adverbial or comparative)
- have subdued H3665 (כָּנַע) — properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
- their enemies H341 (אֹיֵב) — hating; an adversary
- and turned 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…
- my 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…
- against their adversaries H6862 (צַר) — narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
15 The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The haters H8130 (שָׂנֵא) — to hate (personally)
- of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- should have submitted H3584 (כָּחַשׁ) — to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
- themselves unto him: but their time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- should have endured 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…
16 He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- He should have fed H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- them also with the finest H2459 (חֶלֶב) — fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
- of the wheat H2406 (חִטָּה) — wheat, whether the grain or the plant
- and with honey H1706 (דְּבַשׁ) — honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
- out of the rock H6697 (צוּר) — properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
- should I have satisfied H7646 (שָׂבַע) — to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)