Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Psalms 7:9

NETBible	May the evil deeds of the wicked¹ come to an end!² But make the innocent³ secure,⁴ O righteous God, you who examine⁵ inner thoughts and motives!⁶
NIV © biblegateway Psa 7:9	O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 7:9	O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 7:9	End the wickedness of the ungodly, but help all those who obey you. For you look deep within the mind and heart, O righteous God.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 7:9	Close the book on Evil, GOD, but publish your mandate for us. You get us ready for life: you probe for our soft spots, you knock off our rough edges.
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 7:9	O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men’s minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 7:9	O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 7:9	Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
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KJV	Oh let the wickedness <07451> of the wicked <07563> come to an end <01584> (8799)_; but establish <03559> (8787) the just <06662>_: for the righteous <06662> God <0430> trieth <0974> (8802) the hearts <03826> and reins <03629>_.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 7:9	O <04994> let the evil <07451> of the wicked <07563> come <01584> to an end <01584> , but establish <03559> the righteous <06662> ; For the righteous <06662> God <0430> tries <0974> the hearts <03820> and minds <03629> .
LXXM	(7:10) suntelesyhtw <4931> V-APD-3S dh <1161> PRT ponhria <4189> N-NSF amartwlwn <268> A-GPM kai <2532> CONJ kateuyuneiv <2720> V-FAI-2S dikaion <1342> A-ASM etazwn {V-PAPNS} kardiav <2588> N-APF kai <2532> CONJ nefrouv <3510> N-APM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	May <04994> the evil deeds <07451> of the wicked <07563> come to an end <01584> ! But make the innocent <06662> secure <03559> , O righteous <06662> God <0430> , you who examine <0974> inner thoughts <03826> and motives <03629> !
HEBREW	qydu <06662> Myhla <0430> twylkw <03629> twbl <03826> Nxbw <0974> qydu <06662> Nnwktw <03559> Myesr <07563> er <07451> an <04994> rmgy <01584> (7:9) <7:10>

NETBible

May the evil deeds of the wicked¹ come to an end!² But make the innocent³ secure,⁴ O righteous God, you who examine⁵ inner thoughts and motives!⁶

NET Notes

¹tn In the psalms the Hebrew term רְשָׁעִים (rÿsha’im, “wicked”) describes people who are proud, practical atheists (Ps 10:2, 4, 11) who hate God’s commands, commit sinful deeds, speak lies and slander (Ps 50:16-20), and cheat others (Ps 37:21). They oppose God and his people.

²tn The prefixed verbal form is a jussive, expressing an imprecation here.

³tn Or “the godly” (see Ps 5:12). The singular form is collective (see the plural “upright in heart” in v. 10), though it may reflect the personal focus of the psalmist in this context.

⁴tn The prefixed verbal form expresses the psalmist’s prayer or wish.

⁵tn For other uses of the verb in this sense, see Job 7:18; Pss 11:4; 26:2; 139:23.

⁶tn Heb “and [the one who] tests hearts and kidneys, just God.” The translation inverts the word order to improve the English style. The heart and kidneys were viewed as the seat of one’s volition, conscience, and moral character.