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By dayיוֹמָםYHWHיְהוָהwill commandיְצַוֶּהhis loyal love,חַסְדּוֹand in the nightוּבַלַּיְלָהhis songשִׁירוֹis with me,עִמִּיa prayerתְּפִלָּהto the Elלְאֵלof my life.חַיָּי
Psalms 42:8
Study it in the app“By day YHWH will command his loyal love, and in the night his song is with me, a prayer to the El of my life.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 42:8, word by word
- By dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” 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- will commandיְצַוֶּהyetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsave” appears- his loyal loveחַסְדּchasd
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasd” appears- and in the nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- his songשִׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appears- a prayerתְּפִלָּהtefila
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefila” appears- to the Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- of my lifeחַיָּchaya
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appears
The context
7Deep calls to deep at the voice of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves over me have passed.
8 · This verse (above)
9I will say to El my crag, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”