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Forכִּיthe armsזְרוֹעוֹתof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםwill be broken,תִּשָּׁבַרְנָהbut the one who sustainsוְסוֹמֵךְthe righteousצַדִּיקִיםis YHWH.יְהוָה
Psalms 37:17
Study it in the app“For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the one who sustains the righteous is YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 37:17, word by word
- the armsזְרוֹעוֹתzeroot
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroot” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- will be brokenתִּשָּׁבַרְנָהtishavarna
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “tishavarna” appears- but the one who sustainsסוֹמֵךְsomech
lean on
To rest one's weight on something or someone so as not to fall; to support.
Where else “somech” appears- the righteousצַדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- is 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
The context
16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.
17 · This verse (above)
18YHWH knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will be forever.