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Psalms 94:13

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

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לְהַשְׁקִ֣יטlehashqitto appeaseשָׁקַטpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to appease”, the to-form of the verbH8252to repose (usually figurative)appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.ל֭וֹlvotoל֭וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toמִ֣ימֵיmimefrom as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “from as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…רָ֑עrabadרַעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…עַ֤דadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.יִכָּרֶ֖הyikarehdigכָּרָהverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dig”, an unfinished actionH3738properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or opendig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.לָרָשָׁ֣עlarashato guiltyרָשָׁעpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.שָֽׁחַתshachatdestructionשַׁחַתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “destruction”, the ordinary formH7845a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destructioncorruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

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American Standard Version (1901)

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Young’s Literal Translation

To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

World English Bible

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Darby Translation

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τοῦ πραΰναι αὐτῷ ἀφʼ ἡμερῶν πονηρῶν, ἕως οὗ ὀρυγῇ τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ βόθρος.