| 28. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the conjunction vav {וְ | wə} serving as a direct-object marker {אֶת־ | ʼeṯ} for the noun ʿam {עַם | ʿam} “people”. The noun–adjective phrase ʿam ʿānî {עַם עָנִי | ʿam ʿānî} places “humble” after its noun in typical Hebrew order. The Hiphil imperfect tōšîa {תּוֹשִׁיעַ | tōšîa} in the second person conveys ongoing divine deliverance. In the second clause, the conjunctive vav {וְ | wə} attaches to ʿēnê-ḵā {עֵינֶיךָ | ʿēnê-ḵā} “your eyes” with an implied copula. The prepositional phrase ʿal rā̄mîm {עַל־רָמִים | ʿal rā̄mîm} directs God’s attention to the proud, and the parallel Hiphil imperfect tašpîl {תַּשְׁפִּיל | tašpîl} forms an antithetical parallelism—humble saved :: proud humbled—underscoring divine justice. |