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butכִּי אִםin the instructionבְּתוֹרַתof YHWHיְהוָהis his delight,חֶפְצוֹand on his instructionוּבְתוֹרָתוֹhe meditatesיֶהְגֶּהby dayיוֹמָםand night.וָלָיְלָה
Psalms 1:2
Study it in the app“but in the instruction of YHWH is his delight, and on his instruction he meditates by day and night.”
Whoever delights in YHWH's instruction is like a tree by the waterThe Word of GodWhoever delights in God's instruction is like a tree by the waterFollowing JesusTwo ways: that of the righteous and that of the wickedObedienceHappy is the one who follows YHWH's instruction, not the counsel of the wickedGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 1:2, word by word
- in the instructionתוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- of 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- is his delightחֶפְצchefts
delight
What pleases someone.
Where else “chefts” appears- he meditatesיֶהְגֶּהyehge
meditate
To think over something again and again, like YHWH's law.
Where else “yehge” appears- by dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- and nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
Translation note
“Instruction”: in Hebrew, torah: God’s teaching, which includes his law. “Meditates”: the Hebrew verb means to say something in a low voice, repeating it to oneself.
The context
1Happy is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of scoffers;
2 · This verse (above)
3He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, that gives its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither; and all that he does prospers.