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Turnפְּנֵהto meאֵלַיand show me favor,וְחָנֵּנִיforכִּיI amאָנִיaloneיָחִידand afflicted.וְעָנִי
Psalms 25:16
Study it in the app“Turn to me and show me favor, for I am alone and afflicted.”
David asks God to turn to him because he is alone and afflictedLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 25:16, word by word
- Turnפְּנֵהpene
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “pene” appears- and show me favorחָנֵּchane
show favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “chane” appears- aloneיָחִידyachid
solitary
To be without family or company, isolated.
Where else “yachid” appears- and afflictedעָנִיani
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “ani” appears
The context
15My eyes are always toward YHWH, for he will bring out of the net my feet.
16 · This verse (above)
17The distresses of my heart have grown wide; from my straits bring me out.