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Psalms 94:5

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

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עַמְּךָ֣amkhapeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.יְהוָ֣הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).יְדַכְּא֑וּyedakvbruiseדָּכָאverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “bruise”, an unfinished actionH1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ֥venachalatekhaand heritageנַחֲלָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and heritage”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5159properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portionheritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).יְעַנּֽוּyeanvabase selfעָנָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “abase self”, an unfinished actionH6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), speak (by mistake for H6030 (עָנ…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

World English Bible

They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.

Darby Translation

They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;

Douay-Rheims

For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὸν λαόν σου, Κύριε, ἐταπείνωσαν, καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν σου ἐκάκωσαν.