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Psalms 37:17 Interlinear

“ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken upholdeth the righteous but the LORD”

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Psalms 37 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּ֤י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	זְרוֹע֣וֹת	H2220	For the arms	the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
3	רְ֭שָׁעִים	H7563	of the wicked	morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
4	תִּשָּׁבַ֑רְנָה	H7665	shall be broken	to burst (literally or figuratively)
5	וְסוֹמֵ֖ךְ	H5564	upholdeth	to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
6	צַדִּיקִ֣ים	H6662	the righteous	just
7	יְהוָֽה׃	H3068	but the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

Psalms 37:17 (current) For the arms of the wicked shall be broken upholdeth the righteous but the LORD