Psalms

Psalm 56:12–13

¹²Your vows are upon me, O God;

I will render thank offerings to You.

¹³For You have delivered my soul from death,

and my feet from stumbling,

that I may walk before God

in the light of life.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your vows	נְדָרֶ֑יךָ	nə·ḏā·re·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5088 vow
upon me	עָלַ֣י	‘ā·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
O God	אֱלֹהִ֣ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
I will render	אֲשַׁלֵּ֖ם	’ă·šal·lêm	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7999 be complete, sound
thank offerings	תּוֹדֹ֣ת	tō·w·ḏōṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8426 thanksgiving
to You	לָֽךְ׃	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
You have delivered	הִצַּ֪לְתָּ	hiṣ·ṣal·tā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder
my soul	נַפְשִׁ֡י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
from death	מִמָּוֶת֮	mim·mā·weṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
and my feet	רַגְלַ֗י	raḡ·lay	Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common singular	H7272 foot
from stumbling	מִ֫דֶּ֥חִי	mid·de·ḥî	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1762 stumbling
that I may walk	לְ֭הִֽתְהַלֵּךְ	lə·hiṯ·hal·lêḵ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct	H1980 go, come, walk
before	לִפְנֵ֣י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
God	אֱלֹהִ֑ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
in the light	בְּ֝א֗וֹר	bə·’ō·wr	Preposition; Noun - common singular construct	H216 light
of life	הַֽחַיִּֽים׃	ha·ḥay·yîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 56:12 Psalm 9:1–3 · 1 Samuel 1:24–28 · Psalm 50:14 · Ecclesiastes 5:4–6 · Numbers 30:2–16 · Psalm 119:106 · Psalm 76:11

Psalm 56:13 Psalm 116:8–9 · Job 33:30 · Revelation 21:23–24 · Psalm 145:14 · Psalm 49:15 · Psalm 17:5 · Isaiah 2:5 · 1 Thessalonians 1:10 · Genesis 17:1 · Psalm 86:12–13 · Psalm 94:18 · Isaiah 38:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.