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Show me favor,חָנֵּנִיYHWH,יְהוָהforכִּיI am in distress;צַר לִיmy eyeעֵינִיhas wasted awayעָשְׁשָׁהwith grief,בְכַעַסmy soulנַפְשִׁיand my belly.וּבִטְנִי
Psalms 31:9
Study it in the app“Show me favor, YHWH, for I am in distress; my eye has wasted away with grief, my soul and my belly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 31:9, word by word
- Show me favorחָנֵּchane
show favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “chane” 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- I am in distressצַרtsar
distress
To be in a tight spot, or to leave others no way out, like a besieged city.
Where else “tsar” appears- my eyeעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears- has wasted awayעָשְׁשָׁהashsha
waste away
To waste away, to wear out: to grow dim or weak, said of the eyes or the bones through grief.
Where else “ashsha” appears- with griefכַעַסchaas
grief
Bitter pain one carries inside.
Where else “chaas” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- and my bellyבִטְנִvitni
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “vitni” appears
The context
8and you have not handed me over into the hand of the enemy; you have set in a broad place my feet.
9 · This verse (above)
10For my life is spent in sorrow and my years in groaning; my strength has faltered because of my iniquity, and my bones have wasted away.