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Psalms 50:5

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

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אִסְפוּisfvdestroyאָסַףverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “destroy”, a commandH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…לִ֥יlitoלִ֥יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toחֲסִידָ֑יchasidaysaintחָסִידadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “saint”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2623properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-) godly.כֹּרְתֵ֖יkoretecovenantכָּרַתverb, qal, participle, construct — “covenant”, a verb used as a describing wordH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.בְרִיתִ֣יveriticonfederacyבְּרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “confederacy”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.עֲלֵיaleaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…זָֽבַחzavachsacrificeזֶבַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sacrifice”, the ordinary formH2077properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)offer(-ing), sacrifice.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

Young’s Literal Translation

Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

World English Bible

“Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

Darby Translation

Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!

Douay-Rheims

For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Συναγάγετε αὐτῷ τοὺς ὁσίους αὐτοῦ, τοὺς διατιθεμένους τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ θυσίαις.