Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Psalm 10:16

יְהוָה מֶלֶךְ עֹולָם וָעֶד אָבְדוּ גֹויִם מֵאַרְצֹו׃

Rough Word-by-word:
LORD king forever and perpetually they perished [the] nations from the land of him.

Smooth Translation:
The LORD is king forever and ever. The nations perished from his land.

יְהוָה Tetragrammaton - divine name "LORD"

מֶלֶךְ noun ms "king"

עֹולָם noun ms "forever"

וָעֶד conjunction and noun ms "and perpetually"

אָבְדוּ Qal perfect 3cp from אָבַד (he perished) "they perished"

גֹויִם noun mp "nations"

מֵאַרְצֹו preposition and noun fs with 3ms pronominal suffix "from [the] land of him"

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Psalm 10:15

שְׁבֹר זְרֹועַ רָשָׁע וָרָע תִּדְרֹושׁ־רִשְׁעֹו בַל־תִּמְצָא׃

Rough Word-by-word:
Break the arm of the wicked one and evil. You will seek the wickedness of him and not you will find.

Smooth Translation:
Break the arm of the wicked and evil. You will seek his wickedness and not find it.

שְׁבֹר Qal imperative 2ms from שָׁבָר (he broke) "break"

זְרֹועַ noun fs in construct "[the] arm of"

רָשָׁע adjective ms "[the] wicked one"

וָרָע conjunction with adjective ms "and evil"

תִּדְרֹושׁ־רִשְׁעֹו Qal imperfect 2ms and adjective ms with 3ms pronominal suffix from דָּרַשׁ (he sought, he inquired) "you will seek [the] wickedness of him"

בַל־תִּמְצָא adverb and Qal imperfect 2ms from מָצָא (he found) "not you will find"

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Psalm 10:14

רָאִתָה כִּי־אַתָּה ׀ עָמָל וָכַעַס ׀ תַּבִּיט לָתֵת בְּיָדֶךָ עָלֶיךָ יַעֲזֹב חֵלֶכָה יָתֹום אַתָּה ׀ הָיִיתָ עֹוזֵר׃
Rough Word-by-word:
You have seen for you labor and grief you will cause to look to give in the hand of you upon you he will forsake the poor the fatherless you you will be helping.

Smooth Translation:
You have seen for you will look on labor and grief to give in your hand . The poor and fatherless will forsake upon you and you will be helping.



רָאִתָה Qal perfect 2ms from רָאָה (he saw) "you have seen"

כִּי־אַתָּה preposition and pronoun 2ms "as/like/for you"

עָמָל noun ms "labor"

וָכַעַס conjunction and noun ms "and grief"

תַּבִּיט Hiphil imperfect 2ms from נָבַט (he looked, he regarded) "you will cause to look"

לָתֵת preposition on Qal infinitive construct from נָתַן (he gave) "to give"

בְּיָדֶךָ preposition and noun fs in construct with 2ms pronominal suffix "in [the] hand of you"

עָלֶיךָ preposition with 2ms pronominal suffix "upon you"

יַעֲזֹב Qal imperfect 3ms from עָזַב (he left, he forsook) "he will forsake" (I was thinking Hiphil, but the Pe guttural must be lengthening the prefix vowel)

חֵלֶכָה noun fs "[the] poor"

יָתֹום noun ms "[the] fatherless, orphan"

אַתָּה pronoun 2ms "you"

הָיִיתָ Qal perfect 2ms from הָיָה (he was) "you will be"

עֹוזֵר Qal active participle ms from עָזַר (he helped) "helping"

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Psalm 10:13

עַל־מֶה ׀ נִאֵץ רָשָׁע ׀ אֱלֹהִים אָמַר בְּלִבֹּו לֹא תִּדְרֹשׁ׃

Rough Word-by-word:
Upon what he despised intensely the wicked one God. He said in the heart of him, "Not you will inquire."

Smooth Translation:
For what reason has the wicked one intensely despised God? He said in his heart, "You will not inquire."

עַל־מֶה preposition and interrogative pronoun "upon what"

נִאֵץ Piel perfect 3ms from נָאַצ (he despised) "he despised intensely"

רָשָׁע adjective ms "[the] wicked one"

אֱלֹהִים noun mp "God"

אָמַר Qal perfect 3ms from אָמַר (he said) "he said"

בְּלִבֹּו preposition and noun ms with 3ms pronominal suffix "in [the] heart of him"

לֹא adverb of negation "not"

תִּדְרֹשׁ Qal imperfect 2ms from דָּרַשׁ (he sought, he inquired) "you will inquire"

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Psalm 10:12

קוּמָה יְהוָה אֵל נְשָׂא יָדֶךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח עֲנִיִּים כ (עֲנָוִים׃ ק

Rough Word-by-word:
Arise, LORD. God, lift up the hand of you. Do not forget humble ones.

Smooth Translation:
Arise, LORD. God, lift up your hand. Do not forget humble ones.
or
Arise, LORD God. Lift up your hand. Do not forget humble ones.

קוּמָה Qal imperative 2ms from קוּם (he arose) "arise"

יְהוָה Tetragrammaton - divine name "LORD"

אֵל noun ms "God"

נְשָׂא Qal imperative 2ms from נָשָׂא (he lifted up) "lift up"

יָדֶךָ noun fs in construct with 2ms pronominal suffix "the hand of you"

אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח adverb of negation and Qal imperfect 2ms from שָׁכַח (he forgot) "[not he will forget] do not forget" (note: the negative imperative is formed by negating the imperfect)

עֲנִיִּים כ adjective mp "humble ones"

עֲנָוִים׃ ק adjective mp "humble ones"

Friday, October 18, 2013

Psalm 10:11

אָמַר בְּלִבֹּו שָׁכַח אֵל הִסְתִּיר פָּנָיו בַּל־רָאָה לָנֶצַח׃

Rough Word-by-word:
He said in the heart of him he forgot God he caused to hide the face of him not he saw forever.

Smooth Translation:
He said in his heart, "God forgot. He hid his face and has not ever seen."

אָמַר Qal perfect 3ms from אָמַר (he said) "he said"

בְּלִבֹּו preposition and noun ms with 3ms pronominal suffix "in [the] heart of him"

שָׁכַח Qal perfect 3ms from שָׁכַח (he forgot) "he forgot"

אֵל noun ms "God"

הִסְתִּיר Hiphil perfect 3ms from סָתַר (he hid) "he caused to hide"

פָּנָיו noun mp with 3ms pronominal suffix "[the] face[s] of him"

בַּל־רָאָה adverb of negation with Qal perfect 3ms from רָאָה (he saw, he looked) "not he saw"

לָנֶצַח preposition with noun ms "to/for perpetuity/forever"

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Psalm 10:10

וַדָּכַה כ (יִדְכֶּה ק) יָשֹׁחַ וְנָפַל בַּעֲצוּמָיו חֶלְכָּאִים כ (חֵיל ק) (כָּאִים׃ ק

Rough Word-by-word:
He will be crushed. He will bow down and he will fall in strengths of him [the] unfortunate one of unfortunate ones.

Smooth Translation:
He will be crushed. He will bow down and the unfortunate will fall into his strength.

Notes: The ketiv and qere are both difficult to translate here, but I am favoring the qere in my translation.

וַדָּכַה conjunction and Qal perfect 3ms from דָּכָה (he was crushed) "and he was crushed" (note: BibleWorks 4 calls the vav a vav consecutive)

(יִדְכֶּה ק) Qal imperfect 3ms from דָּכָה (he was crushed) "he will be crushed"

יָשֹׁחַ Qal imperfect 3ms from שָׁחָח (he bowed down) "he will  bow down"

וְנָפַל vav conversive conjunction and Qal perfect 3ms from נָפַל (he fell) "and he will fall"

בַּעֲצוּמָיו preposition and adjective mp in construct with 3ms pronominal suffix "in strengths of him"

חֶלְכָּאִים adjective mp "unfortunate ones"

(חֵיל ק) noun ms in construct "unfortunate one of"

כָּאִים adjective mp "unfortunate ones"