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Whyמַהare you cast down,תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִיmy soul,נַפְשִׁיand whyוּמַהare you agitatedתֶּהֱמִיwithin me?עָלָיAwaitהוֹחִילִיElohim,לֵאלֹהִיםforכִּיI will yetעוֹדgive him thanks,אוֹדֶנּוּthe salvationsיְשׁוּעֹתof my faceפָּנַיand my Elohim.וֵאלֹהָי
Psalms 42:11
Study it in the app“Why are you cast down, my soul, and why are you agitated within me? Await Elohim, for I will yet give him thanks, the salvations of my face and my Elohim.”
The psalmist talks to himself: “Why are you cast down, my soul?”Hope
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 42:11, word by word
- are you cast downתִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִיtishtochachi
be brought low
To be brought low: the proud are humbled and the grieving feel crushed.
Where else “tishtochachi” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- are you agitatedתֶּהֱמִיtehemi
moan
To be restless inside, groan.
Where else “tehemi” appears- Awaitהוֹחִילִיhochili
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “hochili” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- give him thanksאוֹדֶode
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “ode” appears- the salvationsיְשׁוּעֹתyeshuot
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yeshuot” appears- of my faceפָּנַpana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pana” appears
Translation note
“The salvations of my face”: the one who saves me and makes me lift up my face.
The context
10With murder in my bones my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me all the day, “Where is your Elohim?”
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