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Let themהֵמָּהcurse,יְקַלְלוּbut youוְאַתָּהwill bless;תְבָרֵךְthey have risen upקָמוּand will be put to shame,וַיֵּבֹשׁוּbut your servantוְעַבְדְּךָwill rejoice.יִשְׂמָח
Psalms 109:28
Study it in the app“Let them curse, but you will bless; they have risen up and will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 109:28, word by word
- curseיְקַלְלוּyekallu
curse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “yekallu” appears- will blessתְבָרֵךְtevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “tevarech” appears- they have risen upקָמוּkamu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kamu” appears- and will be put to shameיֵּבֹשׁוּyevoshu
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “yevoshu” appears- but your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- will rejoiceיִשְׂמָחyismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismach” appears
The context
27and let them know that this is your hand; you, YHWH, have done it.
28 · This verse (above)
29Let my accusers be clothed with humiliation, and let them wrap themselves as in a robe in their shame.