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Goodטוֹבand uprightוְיָשָׁרis YHWH;יְהוָהthereforeעַל כֵּןhe instructsיוֹרֶהsinnersחַטָּאִיםin the way.בַּדָּרֶךְ
Psalms 25:8
Study it in the app“Good and upright is YHWH; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 25:8, word by word
- Goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- and uprightיָשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- is YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- he instructsיוֹרֶהyore
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “yore” appears- sinnersחַטָּאִיםchataim
sinner
Sinner: one who habitually fails God; also one counted guilty.
Where else “chataim” appears- in the wayדָּרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears
The context
7The sins of my youth and my transgressions do not remember; according to your loyal love, you remember me, for the sake of your goodness, YHWH.
8 · This verse (above)
9He directs the humble in justice, and teaches the humble his way.