Psalms 136:9

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Psalms 136:9


← Psalms 136:8 Psalms 136:9 (KJV) Psalms 136:10 →
The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The moonH3394 and starsH3556 to ruleH4475 by nightH3915: for his mercyH2617 endureth for everH5769.


Original Hebrew

אֶת־הַיָּרֵחַ וְכֹוכָבִים לְמֶמְשְׁלֹות בַּלָּיְלָה כִּי לְעֹולָם חַסְדֹּו׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
הַ/יָּרֵ֣חַ
hai./ya.Re.ach H3394 HTd/Ncmsa the/ moon
וְ֭/כוֹכָבִים
Ve./kho.kha.vim H3556 HC/Ncmpa and/ stars
לְ/מֶמְשְׁל֣וֹת
le./mem.she.Lot H4475 HR/Ncbpa for/ dominion(s)
בַּ/לָּ֑יְלָה
ba./La.ye.lah H3915 HRd/Ncmsa in the/ night
כִּ֖י
ki H3588 HC for
לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם
le./'o.Lam H5769 HR/Ncmsa (is) for/ ever
חַסְדּֽ/וֹ
chas.D/o H2617 HNcmsc/Sp3ms covenant loyalty/ his
Strong's References
  • H2617 — חֵסֵד (chêçêd, kheh'-sed): from חָסַד (châçad) H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
  • H3394 — יָרֵחַ (yârêach, yaw-ray'-akh): from the same as יֶרַח (yerach) H3391; the moon; moon. Yrechow. See יְרִיחוֹ (Yᵉrîychôw) H3405.
  • H3556 — כּוֹכָב (kôwkâb, ko-kawb'): probably from the same as כַּבּוֹן (Kabbôwn) H3522 (in the sense of rolling) or כָּוָה (kâvâh) H3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince; star(-gazer).
  • H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל (lêyl); also לַיְלָה (laylâh); from the same as לוּל (lûwl) H3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
  • H4475 — מֶמְשָׁלָה (memshâlâh, mem-shaw-law'): feminine of מִמְשָׁל (mimshâl) H4474; rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler; dominion, government, power, to rule.
  • H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם (ʻôlâm); from עָלַם (ʻâlam) H5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח (netsach) H5331, עַד (ʻad) H5703.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
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Reciprocal references (3): Genesis 1:16, Psalms 19:2, Acts 7:36

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