Psalms
Psalm 74:11–12
11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand?
Stretch it out to destroy them!b
12Yet God is my King from ancient times,
working salvation on the earth.
Footnotes
- b 74:11 Literally From the midst of Your bosom destroy them! or From the midst of Your bosom remove it!
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.
Psalm 74:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | לָ֤מָּה | lām·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| do You withdraw | תָשִׁ֣יב | ṯā·šîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| Your strong | יָ֭דְךָ | yā·ḏə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| right hand | וִֽימִינֶ֑ךָ | wî·mî·ne·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3225 right hand |
| Stretch it out | מִקֶּ֖רֶב | miq·qe·reḇ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H7130 inward part, midst |
| to destroy them | כַלֵּֽה׃ | ḵal·lêh | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
Psalm 74:12
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yet God | וֵ֭אלֹהִים | wê·lō·hîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| my King | מַלְכִּ֣י | mal·kî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H4428 king |
| from ancient times | מִקֶּ֑דֶם | miq·qe·ḏem | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H6924 front, east, aforetime |
| working | פֹּעֵ֥ל | pō·‘êl | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H6466 do, make |
| salvation | יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹת | yə·šū·‘ō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H3444 salvation |
| on | בְּקֶ֣רֶב | bə·qe·reḇ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H7130 inward part, midst |
| the earth | הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 74:11 Lamentations 2:3 · Isaiah 64:12 · Psalm 78:65–66
Psalm 74:12 Isaiah 33:22 · Psalm 44:4 · Exodus 19:5–6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.