Psalms 9:4 Go deeper
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For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. (KJV)
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כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Psalms 9:4 word 1
עָ֭שִׂיתָ'A.si.tayou have done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Psalms 9:4 word 2
מִשְׁפָּטִ֣יmish.pa.Tijustice my
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: justice
Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Psalms 9:4 word 3
וְדִינִ֑יve.di.Niand cause my
Lemma: דִּין (din) · Strong's: H1779
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: judgment
Used 19 times. Also: Deuteronomy 17:8, Esther 1:13, Job 35:14, Job 36:17, Psalms 76:8, Psalms 140:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1779; TAHOT Psalms 9:4 word 4
יָשַׁ֥בְתָּya.Shav.tayou have sat
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Psalms 9:4 word 5
לְ֝כִסֵּ֗אle.khi.Se'to a throne
Lemma: כִּסֵּא (kis.se) · Strong's: H3678G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: throne
Used 124 times. Also: Genesis 41:40, Exodus 11:5, Exodus 12:29, Deuteronomy 17:18, Judges 3:20, 1 Samuel 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3678G; TAHOT Psalms 9:4 word 6
שׁוֹפֵ֥טsho.Fetjudging
Lemma: שָׁפַט (sha.phat) · Strong's: H8199
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)
Meaning: to judge
Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8199; TAHOT Psalms 9:4 word 7
צֶֽדֶק\׃Tze.dekrighteousness
Lemma: צֶ֫דֶק (tse.deq) · Strong's: H6664G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: righteousness
Used 117 times. Also: Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:20, Deuteronomy 25:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6664G; TAHOT Psalms 9:4 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| You have upheld | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| my just | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice |
| cause | → | דִּין H1779 judgment |
| You sit | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| on Your throne | → | כִּסֵּא H3678G throne |
| judging | → | שָׁפַט H8199 to judge |
| righteously | → | צֶ֫דֶק H6664G righteousness |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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