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The distressesצָרוֹתof my heartלְבָבִיhave grown wide;הִרְחִיבוּfrom my straitsמִמְּצוּקוֹתַיbring me out.הוֹצִיאֵנִי
Psalms 25:17
Study it in the app“The distresses of my heart have grown wide; from my straits bring me out.”
David asks God to turn to him because he is alone and afflictedLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 25:17, word by word
- The distressesצָרוֹתtsarot
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsarot” appears- of my heartלְבָבִlevavi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levavi” appears- have grown wideהִרְחִיבוּhirchivu
make room, enlarge
Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.
Where else “hirchivu” appears- from my straitsמְּצוּקוֹתַmetsukota
distress
Straits, narrowness; figuratively, distress, trouble.
Where else “metsukota” appears- bring me outהוֹצִיאֵhotsie
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsie” appears
The context
16Turn to me and show me favor, for I am alone and afflicted.
17 · This verse (above)
18See my affliction and my suffering, and take away all my sins.