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YHWH,יְהוָהin the heavensבְּהַשָּׁמַיִםis your loyal love,חַסְדֶּךָyour faithfulnessאֱמוּנָתְךָto the clouds.עַד שְׁחָקִים
Psalms 36:5
Study it in the app“YHWH, in the heavens is your loyal love, your faithfulness to the clouds.”
David: his steadfast love reaches to the heavens, his faithfulness to the cloudsFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 36:5, word by word
- 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- in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- is your loyal loveחַסְדֶּchasde
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasde” appears- your faithfulnessאֱמוּנָתְemunat
faithfulness
Being dependable, always keeping one's word, like YHWH.
Where else “emunat” appears- to the cloudsשְׁחָקִיםshechakim
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shechakim” appears
The context
4Wickedness he plots on his bed; he takes his stand on a way not good; evil he does not reject.
5 · This verse (above)
6Your righteousness is like the mountains of El; your judgments are a great deep; human beings and livestock you save, YHWH.