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Psalms 40:17 Interlinear

“ But I am poor and needy yet the Lord thinketh upon me thou art my help and my deliverer O my God make no tarrying”

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Psalms 40 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַאֲנִ֤י׀	H589		i
2	עָנִ֣י	H6041	But I am poor	depressed, in mind or circumstances
3	וְאֶבְיוֹן֮	H34	and needy	destitute
4	אֲדֹנָ֪י	H136	yet the Lord	the lord (used as a proper name of god only)
5	יַחֲשָׁ֫ב	H2803	thinketh	properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
6	לִ֥י	H0
7	עֶזְרָתִ֣י	H5833	upon me thou art my help	aid
8	וּמְפַלְטִ֣י	H6403	and my deliverer	to slip out, i.e., escape; causatively, to deliver
9	אַ֑תָּה	H859		thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
10	אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י	H430	O my God	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
11	אַל	H408		not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
12	תְּאַחַֽר׃	H309	make no tarrying	to loiter (i.e., be behind); by implication to procrastinate

Psalms 40:17 (current) But I am poor and needy yet the Lord thinketh upon me thou art my help and my deliverer O my God make no tarrying