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Keepשָׁמְרָהmy soulנַפְשִׁיand deliver me;וְהַצִּילֵנִיlet me notאַלbe ashamed,אֵבוֹשׁforכִּיI have taken refugeחָסִיתִיin you.בָךְ
Psalms 25:20
Study it in the app“Keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I have taken refuge in you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 25:20, word by word
- Keepשָׁמְרָshamra
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shamra” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- and deliver meהַצִּילֵhatsile
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsile” appears- be ashamedאֵבוֹשׁevosh
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “evosh” appears- I have taken refugeחָסִיתִיchasiti
take refuge
Take refuge: seek shelter in someone.
Where else “chasiti” appears
The context
19See my enemies, for they are many, and with a hatred of violence they hate me.
20 · This verse (above)
21May integrity and uprightness guard me, for I have waited for you.