ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהlovesאֹהֵבjusticeמִשְׁפָּטand will notוְלֹאabandonיַעֲזֹבhis faithful ones;אֶת חֲסִידָיוforeverלְעוֹלָםthey are kept,נִשְׁמָרוּbut the offspringוְזֶרַעof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםis cut off.נִכְרָת
Psalms 37:28
Study it in the app“For YHWH loves justice and will not abandon his faithful ones; forever they are kept, but the offspring of the wicked is cut off.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 37:28, 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- lovesאֹהֵבohev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohev” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- abandonיַעֲזֹבyaazov
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “yaazov” appears- his faithful onesחֲסִידָיchasiday
faithful one, godly
Faithful one: one who lives out loyal love toward God; also kind.
Where else “chasiday” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- they are keptנִשְׁמָרוּnishmaru
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “nishmaru” appears- but the offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- is cut offנִכְרָתnichrat
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrat” appears
The context
27Turn away from evil and do good, and dwell forever.
28 · This verse (above)
29The righteous will possess the land and dwell forever upon it.