Study it in the app“For is not my house so with El? For an eternal covenant he has set for me, ordered in all things and secured. For all my salvation and all my delight, will he not make them sprout?”
Forכִּיis notלֹאmy houseבֵּיתִיsoכֵןwith El?עִם אֵלForכִּיan eternalעוֹלָםcovenantבְרִיתhe has setשָׂםfor me,לִיorderedעֲרוּכָהin all thingsבַכֹּלand secured.וּשְׁמֻרָהForכִּיallכָלmy salvationיִשְׁעִיand allוְכָלmy delight,חֵפֶץwill he notכִּי לֹאmake them sprout?יַצְמִיחַ
בְּרִית / διαθήκη
David speaks of the eternal covenant that God has set for him.
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “beti” appearsEl, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appearsappoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “sam” appearsarrange
To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.
Where else “arucha” appearspreserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “shemura” appearssalvation, deliverance
Salvation, deliverance; the safety and well-being of one who has been rescued. From the same root as "save."
Where else “yishi” appearsdelight
What pleases someone.
Where else “chefets” appearssprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “yatsmiach” appearsA difficult verse in Hebrew; the two sentences can be read as a question or as a statement. The “eternal covenant” can be understood as the promise of 2 Samuel 7 (compare 7:13, 16).
4is like the light of morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds; from the brightness, from the rain, springs vegetation from the earth.’
5 · This verse (above)
6But the wicked are like thorns thrown away, all of them, for they are not taken with the hand.
