Study it in the app“Should evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf, to turn back your fury from them.”
Should evilרָעָהbe repaidהַיְשֻׁלַּםfor good?תַּחַת טוֹבָהForכִּיthey have dugכָרוּa pitשׁוּחָהfor my soul.לְנַפְשִׁיRememberזְכֹרhow I stoodעָמְדִיbefore youלְפָנֶיךָto speakלְדַבֵּרgoodטוֹבָהon their behalf,עֲלֵיהֶםto turn backלְהָשִׁיבyour furyאֶת חֲמָתְךָfrom them.מֵהֶם
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsrepay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “yeshulam” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearsdig
To dig a well or a grave.
Where else “charu” appearspit
A pit, a deep hole; a trap dug in the ground.
Where else “shucha” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appearsremember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zechor” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amdi” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appearsturn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “hashiv” appearsfury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears19Pay attention, YHWH, to me, and hear the voice of those who contend with me.
20 · This verse (above)
21Therefore give their sons to famine, and pour them out into the hands of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and widows; and let their men be slain by death, their young men struck by the sword in battle.
