Psalm 54

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
5He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
may he bring backיָשִׁ֣יבya-SHIVH7725H
to return: return

שׁוּב (shuv) : return 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) …

the evilהָ֭רַעHA-ra'H7451B
bad: evil

רַע (ra) 1) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 1a) evil, distress, adversity 1b) evil, injury, wrong 1c) evil (ethical)

to enemies myלְשֹׁרְרָ֑יle-sho-re-RAIH8324
enemy

שׁוֹרֵר (sha.rar) (Qal) to be an enemy

in faithfulness yourבַּ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ba-'a-mi-te-khaH0571G
truth: faithful

אֱמֶת (e.met) : faithful 1) firmness, faithfulness, truth 1a) sureness, reliability 1b) stability, continuance 1c) faithfulness, reliableness 1d) truth 1d1) as spoken 1d2) of testimony and judgment 1d3) of divine instruction 1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge 1d5) true doctrine adv 2) in truth, truly

destroy themהַצְמִיתֵֽם׃hatz-mi-TEMH6789
to destroy

צָמַת (tsa.mat) 1) to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate 1a) (Qal) to put an end to, terminate 1b) (Niphal) to be ended, be annihilated, be exterminated 1c) (Piel) to put an end to 1d) (Pilel) to be exterminated, be annihilated 1e) (Hiphil) to exterminate, annihilate

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.