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By YHWHמֵיְהוָהthe stepsמִצְעֲדֵיof a manגֶבֶרare made firm,כּוֹנָנוּand in his wayוְדַרְכּוֹhe delights.יֶחְפָּץ
Psalms 37:23
Study it in the app“By YHWH the steps of a man are made firm, and in his way he delights.”
Though the righteous falls, YHWH holds his handProvidenceEven if he falls, he is not thrown down: YHWH holds his handGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 37:23, word by word
- By 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 stepsמִצְעֲדֵיmitsade
step
Step: each movement of the foot in walking; figuratively, the course of someone's life.
Where else “mitsade” appears- of a manגֶבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- are made firmכּוֹנָנוּkonanu
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “konanu” appears- and in his wayדַרְכּdark
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “dark” appears- he delightsיֶחְפָּץyechpats
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “yechpats” appears
The context
22For those blessed by him will possess the land, and those cursed by him will be cut off.
23 · This verse (above)
24When he falls, he will not be hurled down, for YHWH sustains his hand.