Psalm 32:6
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
חָסִיד
châçîyd
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
נָהָר
nâhâr
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
Key Terms in This Verse
נָהָר nâhâr
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
Study H5104 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame k...
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth...
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
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