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You who fearיִרְאֵיYHWH,יְהוָהtrustבִּטְחוּin YHWH;בַיהוָהtheir helpעֶזְרָםand their shieldוּמָגִנָּםis he.הוּא
Psalms 115:11
Study it in the app“You who fear YHWH, trust in YHWH; their help and their shield is he.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 115:11, word by word
- You who fearיִרְאֵיyire
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yire” 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- trustבִּטְחוּbitchu
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “bitchu” appears- their helpעֶזְרָezra
helper, help
Help, aid; one who helps. It does not imply inferiority: the same word is often used for God as the helper of his people (Psalm 33:20; 121:1-2).
Where else “ezra” appears- and their shieldמָגִנָּmagina
protector
One who protects: YHWH, "my shield".
Where else “magina” appears
The context
10House of Aaron, trust in YHWH; their help and their shield is he.
11 · This verse (above)
12YHWH has remembered us; he will bless; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;