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The sorrowsעַצְּבוֹתָםof those who hurryמָהָרוּafter another godאַחֵרwill multiply.יִרְבּוּI will notבַּלpour outאַסִּיךְtheir libationsנִסְכֵּיהֶםof blood,מִדָּםnorוּבַלliftאֶשָּׂאtheir namesאֶת שְׁמוֹתָםon my lips.עַל שְׂפָתָי
Psalms 16:4
Study it in the app“The sorrows of those who hurry after another god will multiply. I will not pour out their libations of blood, nor lift their names on my lips.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 16:4, word by word
- The sorrowsעַצְּבוֹתָatsvota
pain, hurt
Pain, sorrow, a wound.
Where else “atsvota” appears- of those who hurryמָהָרוּmaharu
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “maharu” appears- after another godאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- will multiplyיִרְבּוּyirbu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “yirbu” appears- I will notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- pour outאַסִּיךְasich
pour out
To offer wine or water by emptying it before God.
Where else “asich” appears- their libationsנִסְכֵּיniske
libation
Wine or other drink poured as an offering.
Where else “niske” appears- of bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- liftאֶשָּׂאesa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “esa” appears- their namesשְׁמוֹתָshemota
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemota” appears- on my lipsשְׂפָתָsefata
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefata” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says only “after another”; from what follows (libations, names) another god is understood.
The context
3As for the holy ones who are in the land, they and the nobles, all my pleasure is in them.
4 · This verse (above)
5YHWH is the portion of my share and of my cup; you uphold my lot.