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Do good,הֵיטִיבָהYHWH,יְהוָהto the goodלַטּוֹבִיםand to the uprightוְלִישָׁרִיםin their hearts.בְּלִבּוֹתָם
Psalms 125:4
Study it in the app“Do good, YHWH, to the good and to the upright in their hearts.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 125:4, word by word
- Do goodהֵיטִיבָhetiva
do good
To act with kindness, to do something good for someone.
Where else “hetiva” 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- to the goodטּוֹבִיםtovim
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tovim” appears- and to the uprightישָׁרִיםysharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “ysharim” appears- in their heartsלִבּוֹתָlibota
heart
Heart (another form of the same word): the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “libota” appears
The context
3For 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, YHWH will lead them away with those who work wickedness. Peace be upon Israel.