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Oh thatמִי יִתֵּןthe salvationיְשׁוּעַתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwould comefrom Zion.מִצִּיּוֹןWhenבְּYHWHיְהוָהbrings backשׁוּבthe captivityשְׁבוּתof his people,עַמּוֹJacobיַעֲקֹבwill be jubilant,יָגֵלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill be glad.יִשְׂמַח
Psalms 14:7
Study it in the app“Oh that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion. When YHWH brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob will be jubilant, Israel will be glad.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 14:7, word by word
- Oh thatיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- the salvationיְשׁוּעַתyeshuat
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yeshuat” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- from Zionצִּיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” 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- brings backשׁוּבshuv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “shuv” appears- the captivityשְׁבוּתshevut
captivity, fortunes
Captivity: the condition of those taken away as prisoners far from their land. "Turn back the captivity" is to restore someone to his former state.
Where else “shevut” appears- of his peopleעַמּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- will be jubilantיָגֵלyagel
rejoice
To rejoice: to be very glad, to leap for joy.
Where else “yagel” appears- will be gladיִשְׂמַחyismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismach” appears
Translation note
“Bring back the captivity”: a Hebrew expression for saying that God gives back to someone what he had lost; it does not always speak of prisoners (see Job 42:10).
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
"There is no God": Psalms 14 and 53
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Psalms 14:1-7
1For the director. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no Elohim.” They have become corrupt, they have made abominable their deeds; there is no one who does good. 2YHWH from the heavens looked down upon human beings to see if there is anyone who understands, who seeks Elohim. 3All have turned aside, together they have become perverted; there is no one who does good, there is not even one. 4Do they not know, all who work wickedness, who eat my people as they eat bread, and do not call on YHWH? 5There they were filled with dread, for Elohim is in the generation of the righteous. 6The counsel of the afflicted you put to shame, for YHWH is his refuge. 7Oh that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion. When YHWH brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob will be jubilant, Israel will be glad.
1For the director. On Mahalat. A maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no Elohim.” They have become corrupt and have done abominable injustice; there is no one who does good. 2Elohim from the heavens looked down upon human beings to see if there is anyone who understands, who seeks Elohim. 3All of them have turned back; together they have become perverted; there is no one who does good, there is not even one. 4Do they not know, those who work wickedness, who eat up my people as they eat bread? On Elohim they do not call. 5There they were filled with dread where there was no dread, for Elohim scattered the bones of the one who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for Elohim despised them. 6Oh that from Zion would come the salvations of Israel! When Elohim brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob will be jubilant, Israel will be glad.
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
6The counsel of the afflicted you put to shame, for YHWH is his refuge.
7 · This verse (above)