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Psalms 118:6

“YHWH is for me; I will not fear; what can a human being do to me?”

Psalms 118:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · Hebrews 13:6

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Hebrews quotes Psalm 118:6. Where the Hebrew says “YHWH is for me,” Hebrews says “the Lord is my helper”; verse 7 speaks of YHWH among those who help me.

Formula: ὥστε θαρροῦντας ἡμᾶς λέγειν “so we say with confidence” (Hebrews 13:6)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὥστε θαρροῦντας ἡμᾶς λέγειν Κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθός οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τί ποιήσει μοι ἄνθρωπος

Hebrew (Masoretic text): יְהוָה לִי לֹא אִירָא מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה לִי אָדָם

Septuagint (Psalms 117:6 in the Septuagint numbering): Κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθός, οὐ φοβηθήσομαι· τί ποιήσει μοι ἄνθρωπος;

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 9 consecutive words: “Κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθός οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τί ποιήσει μοι ἄνθρωπος.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 118:6, word by word

YHWH isיְהוָהyehva

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
fearאִירָאira

fear

To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.

Where else “ira” appears
can a human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
doיַּעֲשֶׂהyaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “yaase” appears

Translation note

The letter to the Hebrews quotes this verse (Hebrews 13:6).

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Quotation · Hebrews 13:6

Hebrews quotes Psalm 118:6. Where the Hebrew says “YHWH is for me,” Hebrews says “the Lord is my helper”; verse 7 speaks of YHWH among those who help me.

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Psalms 118:6

6YHWH is for me; I will not fear; what can a human being do to me?

Hebrews 13:6

6So we say with confidence: The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What will a human being do to me?

The context

5Out of distress I called on Yah; Yah answered me in a wide place.

6 · This verse (above)

7YHWH is for me among those who help me, and I will look on those who hate me.

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