Psalm 63:8
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
קָשָׁה
qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
סָמַךְ
çâmak
to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
סָמַךְ çâmak
to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
Study H5564 →רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →קָשָׁה qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
Study H7185 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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