KJV: {To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
YLT: To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
Darby: {To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song.} God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
ASV: God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ | To the Chief Musician |
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular Root: נָצַח Sense: to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring. |
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לִבְנֵי־ | a Psalm of the sons |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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קֹ֑רַח | of Korah |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: קֹרַח Sense: son of Izhar, grandson of Kohath, great grandson of Levi and leader of the rebellion of the Israelites against Moses and Aaron while in the wilderness; punished and died by an earthquake and flames of fire. |
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עֲלָמ֥וֹת | Alamoth |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: עֲלָמֹות Sense: young women, soprano?. |
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שִֽׁיר | A Song |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שִׁיר Sense: song. |
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אֱלֹהִ֣ים | God [is] |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural). |
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לָ֭נוּ | our |
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural |
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מַחֲסֶ֣ה | refuge |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מַחְסֶה Sense: refuge, shelter. |
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וָעֹ֑ז | and strength |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: עֹז Sense: might, strength. |
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עֶזְרָ֥ה | help |
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: עֶזְרָה Sense: help, succour, assistance. |
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בְ֝צָר֗וֹת | in trouble |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural Root: צָרָה Sense: straits, distress, trouble. |
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נִמְצָ֥א | a present |
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: מָצָא Sense: to find, attain to. |
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מְאֹֽד | very |
Parse: Adverb Root: מְאֹד Sense: exceedingly, much subst. |