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Forכִּיto you,אֵלֶיךָYHWHיְהֹוִהAdonai,אֲדֹנָיare my eyes;עֵינָיin youבְּכָהI take refuge;חָסִיתִיdo notאַלpour outתְּעַרmy soul.נַפְשִׁי
Psalms 141:8
Study it in the app“For to you, YHWH Adonai, are my eyes; in you I take refuge; do not pour out my soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 141:8, word by word
- YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehovi” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- are my eyesעֵינָena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- I take refugeחָסִיתִיchasiti
take refuge
Take refuge: seek shelter in someone.
Where else “chasiti” appears- pour outתְּעַרtear
empty
To drain completely; "give up one's soul".
Where else “tear” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears
The context
7As one who plows and breaks open the earth, our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 · This verse (above)
9Keep me from the hands of the snare that they have laid for me, and from the traps of those who work wickedness.