Psalms 31:5

“Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have ransomed me, YHWH, El of truth.”
Psalms 31:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Into your handבְּיָדְךָI commitאַפְקִידmy spirit;רוּחִיyou have ransomed me,פָּדִיתָה אוֹתִיYHWH,יְהוָהElאֵלof truth.אֱמֶת

Quotation · Luke 23:46

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Jesus dies saying the first sentence of Psalm 31:5, with “Father” at the beginning.

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ φωνήσας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν Πάτερ εἰς χεῖράς σου παρατίθεμαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου τοῦτο δὲ εἰπὼν ἐξέπνευσεν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): בְּיָדְךָ אַפְקִיד רוּחִי פָּדִיתָה אוֹתִי יְהוָה אֵל אֱמֶת

Septuagint (Psalms 30:6 in the Septuagint numbering): εἰς χεῖράς σου παραθήσομαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου· ἐλυτρώσω με, Κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῆς ἀληθείας.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 31:5, word by word

Into your handיָדְyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears

I commitאַפְקִידafkid

appoint

To put someone in charge.

Where else “afkid” appears

my spiritרוּחִruchi

spirit

What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.

Where else “ruchi” appears

you have ransomed meפָּדִיתָהpadita

redeem

To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.

Where else “padita” 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

Elאֵלel

El, God, god

"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".

Where else “el” appears

of truthאֱמֶתemet

truth

What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.

Where else “emet” appears

Translation note

Jesus said the first line when he died (Luke 23:46).

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Quotation · Luke 23:46

Jesus dies saying the first sentence of Psalm 31:5, with “Father” at the beginning.

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Psalms 31:5

⁵Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have ransomed me, YHWH, El of truth.

Luke 23:46

⁴⁶And crying out with a loud voice, Jesus said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this, he breathed his last.

The context

4You will bring me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for you are my stronghold.

5 · This verse (above)

6I have hated those who keep vain idols of falsehood, but I in YHWH have trusted.

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