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Psalms 105:14

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

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לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…הִנִּ֣יחַhinichabestowיָנַחverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bestow”, a completed actionH3240to deposit; by implication, to allow to staybestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any di…אָדָ֣םadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.לְעָשְׁקָ֑םleasheqamto defraudעָשַׁקpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to defraud”, the to-form of the verbH6231to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflowget deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).וַיּ֖וֹכַחvayokhachand argueיָכַחconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and argue”, the next action in the storyH3198to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convictappoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.עֲלֵיהֶ֣םaleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מְלָכִֽיםmelakhimkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings:

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American Standard Version (1901)

He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Young’s Literal Translation

He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.

World English Bible

He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Darby Translation

He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,

Douay-Rheims

And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

οὐκ ἀφῆκεν ἄνθρωπον ἀδικῆσαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἤλεγξεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν βασιλεῖς·