Psalms

Psalm 61:6–7

⁶Increase the days of the king’s life;

may his years span many generations.

⁷May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever;

appoint Your loving devotion

and Your faithfulness to guard him.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Increase	תּוֹסִ֑יף	tō·w·sîp̄	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3254 add
the days	יָמִ֣ים	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
of	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the king’s	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
life	יְמֵי־	yə·mê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
may his years	שְׁ֝נוֹתָ֗יו	šə·nô·t̲āyw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H8141 year
span many generations	דֹ֥ר	ḏōr	Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
May he sit enthroned	יֵשֵׁ֣ב	yê·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in God’s	אֱלֹהִ֑ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
presence	לִפְנֵ֣י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
forever	ע֭וֹלָם	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
appoint	מַ֣ן	man	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H4487 count, number, reckon, assign
Your loving devotion	חֶ֥סֶד	ḥe·seḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
and Your faithfulness	וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת	we·’ĕ·meṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H571 firmness, faithfulness, truth
to guard him	יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ׃	yin·ṣə·ru·hū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H5341 watch, guard, keep

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

Psalm 61:6 Psalm 21:4 · Psalm 89:36–37 · Psalm 21:6 · Isaiah 53:10 · Psalm 72:15–17

Psalm 61:7 Psalm 40:11 · Genesis 24:27 · Psalm 41:12 · Psalm 57:3 · Isaiah 9:6–7 · Luke 1:33 · Micah 7:20 · Proverbs 20:28 · Luke 1:54–55 · Hebrews 9:24 · Psalm 43:3 · Genesis 32:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.