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YHWH,יְהוָהguide meנְחֵנִיin your righteousnessבְצִדְקָתֶךָbecause ofלְמַעַןthose who lie in wait for me;שׁוֹרְרָיmake straightהַיְשַׁרbefore meלְפָנַיyour way.דַּרְכֶּךָ
Psalms 5:8
Study it in the app“YHWH, guide me in your righteousness because of those who lie in wait for me; make straight before me your way.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 5:8, 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- guide meנְחֵneche
lead, guide
Lead, guide along the way; bring someone to a place.
Where else “neche” appears- in your righteousnessצִדְקָתֶtsidkate
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkate” appears- those who lie in wait for meשׁוֹרְרָshorra
watchful enemy, foe
One who lies in wait: an enemy who watches someone, waiting for the moment to do harm. It is used only in the Psalms.
Where else “shorra” appears- make straightהַיְשַׁרhayshar
make straight
To keep a true course, or level the way.
Where else “hayshar” appears- before meפָנַfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- your wayדַּרְכֶּdarke
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darke” appears
The context
7But I, by the abundance of your loyal love, will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple in fear of you.
8 · This verse (above)
9For there is nothing certain in his mouth; their inner being is calamity; an open grave is their throat; with their tongue they flatter.