My portionחֶלְקִיis YHWH;יְהוָהI have saidאָמַרְתִּיthat I will keepלִשְׁמֹרyour words.דְּבָרֶיךָ
Psalms 119:57
Study it in the app“My portion is YHWH; I have said that I will keep your words.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:57, word by word
- My portionחֶלְקִchelki
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelki” appears- is 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- I have saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- that I will keepשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- your wordsדְּבָרֶיdevare
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devare” appears
The context
56This has been mine, that your precepts I have guarded.
57 · This verse (above)
58I have implored your face with all my heart; show me favor according to your saying.