Psalms 143:7

“Answer me quickly, YHWH; my spirit is consumed; do not hide your face from me, and I would become like those who go down to the pit.”

Psalms 143:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 143:7, word by word

Answer meעֲנֵane

hear prayer

God answers the one who calls on him: with a word, or with an act such as fire.

Where else “ane” appears
quicklyמַהֵרmaher

quickly

Quickly, in haste.

Where else “maher” 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
my spiritרוּחִruchi

spirit

What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.

Where else “ruchi” appears
is consumedכָּלְתָהkalta

be spent

To be used up little by little until nothing is left.

Where else “kalta” appears
hideתַּסְתֵּרtaster

hide the face

"Hide the face": withdraw favor.

Where else “taster” appears
your faceפָּנֶיpane

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “pane” appears
and I would become likeנִמְשַׁלְתִּיnimshalti

be like

To be similar to something else, or to be compared to it.

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those who go downיֹרְדֵיyorde

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

Where else “yorde” appears
to the pitבוֹרvor

grave

The place where the dead go down; the grave.

Where else “vor” appears

The context

6I spread out my hands to you; my soul is like an exhausted land for you. Selah.

7 · This verse (above)

8Let me hear in the morning your loyal love, for in you I trust; make me know the way in which I should walk, for to you I have lifted up my soul.

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