Lexicon :: Strong's H6845 - ṣāp̄an

The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful,[fn] she hid him for three months.

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they were from.

“Yet you concealed these thoughts in your heart;

I know that this was your hidden plan:[fn]

If only you would hide me in Sheol

and conceal me until your anger passes.

If only you would appoint a time for me

and then remember me.

A wicked person writhes in pain all his days,

throughout the number of years reserved for the ruthless.

You have closed their minds to understanding,

therefore you will not honor them.

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.

A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him;

it will feed on what is left in his tent.

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.

Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

I have not departed from the commands from his lips;

I have treasured[fn] the words from his mouth

more than my daily food.

Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?

Why do those who know him never see his days?

He waits in ambush near settlements;

he kills the innocent in secret places.

His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

With your hand, LORD, save me from men,

from men of the world

whose portion is in this life:

You fill their bellies with what you have in store;

their sons are satisfied,

and they leave their surplus to their children.

For he will conceal me in his shelter

in the day of adversity;

he will hide me under the cover of his tent;

he will set me high on a rock.

How great is your goodness,

which you have stored up for those who fear you.

In the presence of everyone[fn] you have acted

for those who take refuge in you.

They stir up strife,[fn] they lurk,

they watch my steps

while they wait to take my life.

They devise clever schemes against your people;

they conspire against your treasured ones.

I have treasured your word in my heart

so that I may not sin against you.

If they say ​— ​“Come with us!

Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.[fn]

Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun![fn]

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;[fn]

they attack their own lives.

My son, if you accept my words

and store up my commands within you,

He stores up success[fn] for the upright;

He is a shield for those who live with integrity

My son, obey my words,

and treasure my commands.

The wise store up knowledge,

but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his[fn] grandchildren,

but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

the one who controls her controls the wind

and grasps oil with his right hand.

The mandrakes give off a fragrance,

and at our doors is every delicacy,

both new and old.

I have treasured them up for you, my love.

“for my gaze takes in all their ways. They are not concealed from me, and their iniquity is not hidden from my sight.

I will turn my face from them

as they profane my treasured place.

Violent men will enter it and profane it.

Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;

his sin is stored up.