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so thatלְמַעַןmy gloryכָבוֹדmay sing psalms to youיְזַמֶּרְךָand notוְלֹאbe silent.יִדֹּםYHWHיְהוָהmy Elohim,אֱלֹהַיforeverלְעוֹלָםI will give you thanks.אוֹדֶךָּ
Psalms 30:12
Study it in the app“so that my glory may sing psalms to you and not be silent. YHWH my Elohim, forever I will give you thanks.”
The psalmist thanks God for turning his mourning into dancingJoy and thanks
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 30:12, word by word
- my gloryכָבוֹדchavod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chavod” appears- may sing psalms to youיְזַמֶּרְyezamer
sing praise, make music
Sing praise: sing or play a stringed instrument in praise. The word for "psalm" comes from it.
Where else “yezamer” appears- be silentיִדֹּםyidom
be silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “yidom” appears- 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- my Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- I will give you thanksאוֹדֶode
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “ode” appears
The context
11You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; you have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
12 · This verse (above)