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Blessed beבָּרוּךְYHWH,יְהוָהforכִּיhe has made wonderfulהִפְלִיאhis loyal loveחַסְדּוֹto meלִיin a cityבְּעִירunder siege.מָצוֹר
Psalms 31:21
Study it in the app“Blessed be YHWH, for he has made wonderful his loyal love to me in a city under siege.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 31:21, word by word
- Blessed beבָּרוּךְbaruch
praise
To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".
Where else “baruch” 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- he has made wonderfulהִפְלִיאhifli
wonder
What YHWH does, beyond what a person can do or understand.
Where else “hifli” appears- his loyal loveחַסְדּchasd
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasd” appears- in a cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- under siegeמָצוֹרmatsor
siege
Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.
Where else “matsor” appears
The context
20You hide them in the hiding place of your face from the conspiracies of man; you keep them in a shelter from the strife of tongues.
21 · This verse (above)
22And I said in my alarm, “I have been cut off from before your eyes.” But you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried for help to you.