Psalms

Psalm 73:14–15

¹⁴For I am afflicted all day long

and punished every morning.

¹⁵If I had said, “I will speak this way,”

then I would have betrayed Your children.

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
For I am	וָאֱהִ֣י	wā·’ĕ·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
afflicted	נָ֭גוּעַ	nā·ḡū·a‘	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H5060 touch, reach, strike
all day long	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
and punished every morning	וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י	wə·ṯō·w·ḵaḥ·tî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8433 rebuke, correction

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I had said	אָ֭מַרְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
I will speak	אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה	’ă·sap·pə·rāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H5608 count
this way	כְמ֑וֹ	ḵə·mōw	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
then	הִנֵּ֤ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
I would have betrayed	בָגָֽדְתִּי׃	ḇā·ḡā·ḏə·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H898 act or deal treacherously
Your children	בָּנֶ֣יךָ	bā·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1121 son

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

Psalm 73:14 Hebrews 12:5 · Psalm 94:12 · Amos 3:2 · Psalm 34:19 · Jeremiah 15:18 · 1 Peter 1:6 · Job 7:3–4

Psalm 73:15 Matthew 18:6–7 · Psalm 24:6 · Romans 14:15 · Malachi 2:8 · Psalm 22:30 · 1 Peter 2:9 · Psalm 14:5 · Romans 14:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.