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Forכִּיhe looked downהִשְׁקִיףfrom the heightמִמְּרוֹםof his holiness;קָדְשׁוֹYHWHיְהוָהfrom the heavensמִשָּׁמַיִםto the earthאֶל אֶרֶץgazed,הִבִּיט
Psalms 102:19
Study it in the app“For he looked down from the height of his holiness; YHWH from the heavens to the earth gazed,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 102:19, word by word
- he looked downהִשְׁקִיףhishkif
look down
Look down from above, look out (of a window).
Where else “hishkif” appears- from the heightמְּרוֹםmerom
height
What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.
Where else “merom” appears- of his holinessקָדְשׁkadsh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kadsh” 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- from the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- to the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- gazedהִבִּיטhibit
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “hibit” appears
The context
18This will be written for a generation to come, and a people created will praise Yah.
19 · This verse (above)
20to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death,