Study it in the app“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, people with my instruction in their heart: do not fear the reproach of mortals, and at their insults do not be dismayed.”
Listen to me,שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַיyou who knowיֹדְעֵיrighteousness,צֶדֶקpeopleעַםwith my instructionתּוֹרָתִיin their heart:בְלִבָּםdo notאַלfearתִּירְאוּthe reproachחֶרְפַּתof mortals,אֱנוֹשׁand at their insultsוּמִגִּדֻּפֹתָםdo notאַלbe dismayed.תֵּחָתּוּ
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shimu” appearsknow a person
To know someone.
Where else “yode” appearsrighteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsteaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torati” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appearsfear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tiru” appearsdisgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpat” appearsman, mortal
Man, mortal: the human being seen in his weakness; also people in general.
Where else “enosh” appearsreviling, taunt
Reviling, a taunt: words that insult and dishonor.
Where else “gidufota” appearsbe dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “techatu” appears6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens like smoke will vanish, and the earth like a garment will wear out, and its inhabitants likewise will die; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be shattered.
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8For like a garment the moth will eat them, and like wool the worm will eat them; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation for generations of generations.”
