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Thereforeלָכֵןmy heartלִבִּיwas gladשָׂמַחandוַmy gloryכְּבוֹדִיwas jubilant;יָּגֶלalsoאַףmy fleshבְּשָׂרִיwill dwellיִשְׁכֹּןsecure.לָבֶטַח
Psalms 16:9
Study it in the app“Therefore my heart was glad and my glory was jubilant; also my flesh will dwell secure.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 16:9, word by word
- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- was gladשָׂמַחsamach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “samach” appears- my gloryכְּבוֹדִkevodi
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevodi” appears- was jubilantיָּגֶלyagel
rejoice
To rejoice: to be very glad, to leap for joy.
Where else “yagel” appears- my fleshבְּשָׂרִbesari
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besari” appears- will dwellיִשְׁכֹּןyishkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishkon” appears- secureבֶטַחvetach
security, safely
Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.
Where else “vetach” appears
Translation note
“My glory”: a Hebrew way of naming the noblest part of oneself. Acts 2:26 says here “my tongue.”
The context
8I have set YHWH before me always; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
9 · This verse (above)
10For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not let your faithful one see the pit.