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Onlyאַךְbefore Elohimלֵאלֹהִיםbe silent,דּוֹמִּיmy soul,נַפְשִׁיforכִּיfrom himמִמֶּנּוּcomes my hope.תִּקְוָתִי
Psalms 62:5
Study it in the app“Only before Elohim be silent, my soul, for from him comes my hope.”
The soul is silent only before God, because from him comes hopeHope
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 62:5, word by word
- before Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- be silentדּוֹמִּיdomi
be silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “domi” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- comes my hopeתִּקְוָתִtikvati
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikvati” appears
The context
4Only from his height they have resolved to push him down; they delight in lies; with their mouth they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah.
5 · This verse (above)
6Only he is my Rock and my salvation, my high refuge; I will not be moved.