Psalms
Psalm 97:10–11
10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD!
He preserves the souls of His saints;
He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11Light shinesa on the righteous,
gladness on the upright in heart.
Footnotes
- a 97:11 One Hebrew manuscript, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts Light is sown
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 97:10
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hate | שִׂנְא֫וּ | śin·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H8130 hate |
| evil | רָ֥ע | rā‘ | Adjective - masculine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| O you who love | אֹהֲבֵ֥י | ’ō·hă·ḇê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | H157 love |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| He preserves | שֹׁ֭מֵר | šō·mēr | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| the souls | נַפְשׁ֣וֹת | nap̄·šō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| of His saints | חֲסִידָ֑יו | ḥă·sî·ḏāw | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H2623 kind, pious |
| He delivers them | יַצִּילֵֽם׃ | yaṣ·ṣî·lêm | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H5337 strip, plunder |
| from the hand | מִיַּ֥ד | mî·yaḏ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3027 hand |
| of the wicked | רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים | rə·šā·‘îm | Adjective - masculine plural | H7563 wicked, criminal |
Psalm 97:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | א֭וֹר | ’ō·wr | Noun - common singular | H216 light |
| shines | זָרֻ֣עַ | zā·ru·a‘ | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular | H2232 sow, scatter seed |
| on the righteous | לַצַּדִּ֑יק | laṣ·ṣad·dîq | Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H6662 just, righteous |
| gladness | שִׂמְחָֽה׃ | śim·ḥāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8057 joy, gladness, mirth |
| on the upright | וּֽלְיִשְׁרֵי־ | ū·lə·yiš·rê- | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine plural construct | H3477 straight, right |
| in heart | לֵ֥ב | lêḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 97:10 Proverbs 8:13 · Romans 12:9 · Psalm 34:14 · Jeremiah 15:21 · Psalm 145:20 · Amos 5:15 · Daniel 3:28 · Psalm 31:23 · 2 Thessalonians 3:2 · Proverbs 2:8 · 1 John 5:18 · Daniel 6:27
Psalm 97:11 John 12:46 · James 5:7–11 · Proverbs 4:18 · Isaiah 60:1–2 · Job 22:28 · Psalm 112:4 · Psalm 126:5–6 · Micah 7:9 · Revelation 21:23 · Psalm 18:28 · Esther 8:16 · Galatians 6:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.