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And I will answerוְאֶעֱנֶהthe one who taunts meחֹרְפִיwith a word,דָבָרforכִּיI have trustedבָטַחְתִּיin your word.בִּדְבָרֶךָ
Psalms 119:42
Study it in the app“And I will answer the one who taunts me with a word, for I have trusted in your word.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:42, word by word
- And I will answerאֶעֱנֶהeene
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “eene” appears- the one who taunts meחֹרְפִchorfi
reproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “chorfi” appears- with a wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- I have trustedבָטַחְתִּיvatachti
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “vatachti” appears
The context
41And let your acts of loyal love come to me, YHWH, your salvation according to your saying.
42 · This verse (above)
43And do not snatch from my mouth the word of truth utterly, for your rules I have awaited.