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Forכִּיthe scepterשֵׁבֶטof wickednessהָרֶשַׁעwill notלֹאrestיָנוּחַuponעַלthe lotגּוֹרַלof the righteous,הַצַּדִּיקִיםso thatלְמַעַןthe righteousהַצַּדִּיקִיםwill notלֹאstretch outיִשְׁלְחוּtheir handsיְדֵיהֶםto injustice.בְּעַוְלָתָה
Psalms 125:3
Study it in the app“For the scepter of wickedness will not rest upon the lot of the righteous, so that the righteous will not stretch out their hands to injustice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 125:3, word by word
- the scepterשֵׁבֶטshevet
rod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shevet” appears- of wickednessרֶשַׁעresha
wickedness
Wickedness: what is unjust and evil.
Where else “resha” appears- restיָנוּחַyanuach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “yanuach” appears- the lotגּוֹרַלgoral
fate
What falls to one in life.
Where else “goral” appears- of the righteousצַּדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- stretch outיִשְׁלְחוּyishlchu
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “yishlchu” appears- their handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- to injusticeעַוְלָתָavlata
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avlata” appears
The context
2Jerusalem— mountains are around her, and YHWH is around his people from now and forever.
3 · This verse (above)
4Do good, YHWH, to the good and to the upright in their hearts.