Study it in the app“Hear my prayer, YHWH, and to my cry for help give ear; to my tears do not be deaf, for a resident alien I am with you, a temporary resident like all my fathers.”
Hearשִׁמְעָהmy prayer,תְפִלָּתִיYHWH,יְהוָהand to my cry for helpוְשַׁוְעָתִיgive ear;הַאֲזִינָהto my tearsאֶל דִּמְעָתִיdo notאַלbe deaf,תֶּחֱרַשׁforכִּיa resident alienגֵרI amאָנֹכִיwith you,עִמָּךְa temporary residentתּוֹשָׁבlike allכְּכָלmy fathers.אֲבוֹתָי
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shima” appearsprayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefilati” appearsYHWH
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” appearscry for help
Cry for help.
Where else “shavati” appearslisten, give ear
Give ear, listen carefully.
Where else “haazina” appearstears, weeping
Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).
Where else “dimati” appearsbe silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “techerash” appearsresident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appearssojourner, settler
Sojourner, settler: someone who lives in a place without being from there or owning land.
Where else “toshav” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears11With rebukes for iniquity you correct a man, and you melt away like a moth what he treasures; only a vapor is every human being. Selah.
12 · This verse (above)
13Look away from me, that I may smile before I go and am no more.
