Psalms 59:8

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Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?	But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.	Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But thou, O LORD^H3068, shalt laugh^H7832 at them; thou shalt have all the heathen^H1471 in derision^H3932.

Original Hebrew

וְאַתָּה יְהוָה תִּשְׂחַק־לָמֹו תִּלְעַג לְכָל־גֹּויִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אַתָּ֣ה	ve./'a.Tah	H859	HC/Pp2ms	and/ you
יְ֭הוָה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	O Yahweh
תִּשְׂחַק	tis.chak-	H7832	HVqi2ms	you laugh
לָ֑/מוֹ	la./mo		HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
תִּ֝לְעַ֗ג	til.'Ag	H3932	HVqi2ms	you mock
לְ/כָל	le./khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	(to)/ all
גּוֹיִֽם	go.Yim	H1471	HNcmpa	(the) nations

Strong's References

H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי (gôy); apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (gêvâh) H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
H3932 — לָעַג (lâʻag, law-ag'): a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly; have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
H7832 — שָׂחַק (sâchaq, saw-khak'): a primitive root; to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play; deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.

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

H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ (ʼattâ); or אַת (ʼath); feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי (ʼattîy); plural masculine אַתֶּם (ʼattem); feminine אַתֶּן (ʼatten); or אַתֵּנָה (ʼattênâh); or אַתֵּנָּה (ʼattênnâh); a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (1): Jeremiah 48:26

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: CONTEMPT, DIVINE
Torrey’s: WAITING UPON GOD
Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES; ANTHROPOMORPHISMS; IDOLATRY; LAUGHTER; WAITING; WICKED (PEOPLE)

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