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And now,וְעַתָּהwhatמַהhave I waited for,קִּוִּיתִיAdonai?אֲדֹנָיMy expectationתּוֹחַלְתִּיisהִיאin you.לְךָ
Psalms 39:7
Study it in the app“And now, what have I waited for, Adonai? My expectation is in you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 39:7, word by word
- have I waited forקִּוִּיתִיkiviti
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kiviti” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- My expectationתּוֹחַלְתִּtochalti
hope, expectation
Hope, what someone looks for.
Where else “tochalti” appears
The context
6Only as an image does a man walk about; only for vapor are they agitated; he heaps up and does not know who will gather it.
7 · This verse (above)
8From all my transgressions deliver me; do not make me the reproach of the fool.