Psalms

Psalm 68:19–23

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord,

who daily bears our burden,

the God of our salvation.

Selah

²⁰Our God is a God of deliverance;

the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.

²¹Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies,

the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

²²The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan,

I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,

²³that your foot may be dipped

in the blood of your foes—

the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

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
Blessed	בָּ֤ר֣וּךְ	bā·rūḵ	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
the Lord	אֲדֹנָי֮	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
daily	י֤וֹם׀	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
bears our burden	יַֽעֲמָס־	ya·‘ă·mās-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6006 load
the God	הָ֘אֵ֤ל	hā·’êl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
of our salvation	יְֽשׁוּעָתֵ֬נוּ	yə·šū·‘ā·ṯê·nū	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural	H3444 salvation
Selah	סֶֽלָה׃	se·lāh	Interjection	H5542 lift up

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Our God	הָ֤אֵ֣ל׀	hā·’êl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
a God	אֵ֤ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
of deliverance	לְֽמוֹשָׁ֫ע֥וֹת	lə·mō·wō·šā·‘ō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural	H4190 deliverance
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֑י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	וְלֵיהוִ֥ה	Yah·weh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh
rescuer	תּוֹצָאֽוֹת׃	tō·w·ṣā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8444 outgoing, extremity, source (?), escape
from death	לַ֝מָּ֗וֶת	lam·mā·weṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	אַךְ־	’aḵ-	Adverb	H389 surely
God	אֱלֹהִ֗ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
will crush	יִמְחַץ֮	yim·ḥaṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4272 smite through, wound severely, shatter
the heads	רֹ֤אשׁ	rōš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of His enemies	אֹ֫יְבָ֥יו	’ō·yə·ḇāw	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
the hairy	שֵׂעָ֑ר	śê·‘ār	Noun - masculine singular	H8181 hair
crowns	קָדְקֹ֥ד	qā·ḏə·qōḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6936 head, crown of head
of those who persist	מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ	miṯ·hal·lêḵ	Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in guilty ways	בַּאֲשָׁמָֽיו׃	ba·’ă·šā·māw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H817 offence, guilt

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The Lord	אֲ֭דֹנָי	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
said	אָמַ֣ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I will retrieve	אָשִׁ֑יב	’ā·šîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
from Bashan	מִבָּשָׁ֣ן	mib·bā·šān	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1316 Bashan
I will bring	אָ֝שִׁ֗יב	’ā·šîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
from the depths	מִֽמְּצֻל֥וֹת	mim·mə·ṣu·lō·wṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct	H4688 depth, deep
of the sea	יָֽם׃	yām	Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
that	לְמַ֤עַן׀	lə·ma·‘an	Conjunction	H4616 purpose, intent
your foot	רַגְלְךָ֗	raḡ·lə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7272 foot
may be dipped	תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ	tim·ḥaṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H4272 smite through, wound severely, shatter
in the blood	בְּ֫דָ֥ם	bə·ḏām	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
of	מֵאֹיְבִ֥ים	mê·’ō·yə·ḇîm	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H341 be hostile to
the tongues	לְשׁ֥וֹן	lə·šō·wn	Noun - common singular construct	H3956 tongue
of your dogs	כְּלָבֶ֑יךָ	kə·lā·ḇe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H3611 dog
in	מִנֵּֽהוּ׃	min·nê·hū	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not