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Let those who fearיִרְאֵיYHWHיְהוָהsayיֹאמְרוּnow,נָא“His loyal loveחַסְדּוֹis forever.”לְעוֹלָם
Psalms 118:4
Study it in the app“Let those who fear YHWH say now, “His loyal love is forever.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 118:4, word by word
- Let those 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- sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “His loyal loveחַסְדּchasd
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasd” appears- is foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
3Let the house of Aaron say now, “His loyal love is forever.”
4 · This verse (above)
5Out of distress I called on Yah; Yah answered me in a wide place.