Let me hearהַשְׁמִיעֵנִיin the morningבַבֹּקֶרyour loyal love,חַסְדֶּךָforכִּיin youבְךָI trust;בָטָחְתִּיmake me knowהוֹדִיעֵנִיthe wayדֶּרֶךְin whichזוּI should walk,אֵלֵךְforכִּיto youאֵלֶיךָI have lifted upנָשָׂאתִיmy soul.נַפְשִׁי
Psalms 143:8
Study it in the app“Let 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 143:8, word by word
- Let me hearהַשְׁמִיעֵhashmie
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “hashmie” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- your loyal loveחַסְדֶּchasde
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasde” appears- I trustבָטָחְתִּיvatachti
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “vatachti” appears- make me knowהוֹדִיעֵhodie
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “hodie” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- in whichזוּzu
which
Joins a clause to what has just been named (in poetry).
Where else “zu” appears- I should walkאֵלֵךְelech
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “elech” appears- I have lifted upנָשָׂאתִיnasati
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasati” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears
The context
7Answer 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9Deliver me from my enemies, YHWH; in you I hide.