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Psalms 17:13

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

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קוּמָ֤הqumahriseקוּםverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “rise”, a commandH6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (u…יְהוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).קַדְּמָ֣הqadmahmeetקָדַםverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “meet”, a commandH6923to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)come (go, (flee)) before, [phrase] disappoint, meet, prevent.פָ֭נָיוfanayva- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…הַכְרִיעֵ֑הוּhakhriehvsinkכָּרַעverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “sink”, a commandH3766to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostratebow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, [idiom] very.פַּלְּטָ֥הpaltahdeliverפָּלַטverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “deliver”, a commandH6403to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to delivercalve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.נַ֝פְשִׁ֗יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…מֵרָשָׁ֥עmerashafrom guiltyרָשָׁעpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “from guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.חַרְבֶּֽךָcharbekhaknifeחֶרֶבnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “knife”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

Young’s Literal Translation

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

World English Bible

Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,

Darby Translation

Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;

Douay-Rheims

At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw thy sword,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνάστηθι Κύριε, πρόφθασον αὐτοὺς, καὶ ὑποσκέλισον αὐτοὺς, ῥῦσαι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ ἀσεβοῦς, ῥομφαίαν σου