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Whenכִּיhe falls,יִפֹּלhe will notלֹאbe hurled down,יוּטָלforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהsustainsסוֹמֵךְhis hand.יָדוֹ
Psalms 37:24
Study it in the app“When he falls, he will not be hurled down, for YHWH sustains his hand.”
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 37:24, word by word
- he fallsיִפֹּלyipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appears- be hurled downיוּטָלyutal
hurl, cast down
To hurl, to throw with force; also to cast out or bring down.
Where else “yutal” 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- sustainsסוֹמֵךְsomech
lean on
To rest one's weight on something or someone so as not to fall; to support.
Where else “somech” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
23By YHWH the steps of a man are made firm, and in his way he delights.
24 · This verse (above)
25Young I was, and also I have grown old, and I have not seen a righteous man abandoned or his offspring seeking bread.