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Of David.לְדָוִדDo notאַלget heatedתִּתְחַרbecause of evildoers;בַּמְּרֵעִיםdo notאַלbe enviousתְּקַנֵּאof those who doבְּעֹשֵׂיinjustice.עַוְלָה
Psalms 37:1
Study it in the app“Of David. Do not get heated because of evildoers; do not be envious of those who do injustice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 37:1, word by word
- Of Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- get heatedתִּתְחַרtitchar
be angry
For a person to feel strong anger at someone or something.
Where else “titchar” appears- because of evildoersמְּרֵעִיםmereim
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “mereim” appears- be enviousתְּקַנֵּאtekane
be jealous
To feel bitterness because another has what one would like.
Where else “tekane” appears- of those who doעֹשֵׂיose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- injusticeעַוְלָהavla
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avla” appears
Translation note
“Of David” is the title. This psalm is alphabetic: each stanza begins with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2For like the grass quickly they will be cut down, and like the green of the pasture they will wither.