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Give themתֶּן לָהֶםaccording to their workכְּפָעֳלָםand according to the evilוּכְרֹעַof their deeds;מַעַלְלֵיהֶםaccording to the workכְּמַעֲשֵׂהof their handsיְדֵיהֶםgive them;תֵּן לָהֶםreturnהָשֵׁבtheir recompenseגְּמוּלָםto them.לָהֶם
Psalms 28:4
Study it in the app“Give them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; according to the work of their hands give them; return their recompense to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 28:4, word by word
- Give themתֶּןten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “ten” appears- according to their workפָעֳלָfaola
deed
What someone does; what God accomplishes.
Where else “faola” appears- and according to the evilרֹעַroa
evil
The wickedness of deeds or the heart.
Where else “roa” appears- of their deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears- according to the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of their handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- returnהָשֵׁבhashev
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashev” appears- their recompenseגְּמוּלָgemula
recompense
What one receives for what one did.
Where else “gemula” appears
The context
3Do not drag me away with the wicked and with those who work wickedness, who speak peace with their neighbors but evil is in their heart.
4 · This verse (above)
5For they do not understand the works of YHWH nor the work of his hands; he will tear them down and not build them up.