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Return,שׁוּבִיmy soul,נַפְשִׁיto your rest,לִמְנוּחָיְכִיforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas dealt well with you.גָּמַל עָלָיְכִי
Psalms 116:7
Study it in the app“Return, my soul, to your rest, for YHWH has dealt well with you.”
The psalmist tells his soul to return to its restPeace and Anxiety
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 116:7, word by word
- Returnשׁוּבִיshuvi
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvi” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- to your restמְנוּחָיְmenuchay
rest, resting place
Rest, a place of rest.
Where else “menuchay” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has dealt well with youגָּמַלgamal
repay
To treat someone as they deserve.
Where else “gamal” appears
The context
6YHWH keeps the simple; I was brought low, and he saved me.
7 · This verse (above)
8For you have rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.