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But you,וְאַתָּהElohim,אֱלֹהִיםwill bring them downתּוֹרִדֵםto the wellלִבְאֵרof the pit;שַׁחַתmenאַנְשֵׁיof bloodדָמִיםand deceitוּמִרְמָהwill notלֹאreach halfיֶחֱצוּtheir days;יְמֵיהֶםbut Iוַאֲנִיwill trustאֶבְטַחin you.בָּךְ
Psalms 55:23
Study it in the app“But you, Elohim, will bring them down to the well of the pit; men of blood and deceit will not reach half their days; but I will trust in you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 55:23, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- will bring them downתּוֹרִדֵtoride
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “toride” appears- to the wellבְאֵרveer
pit
A deep pit in the ground where one can fall, like those of tar.
Where else “veer” appears- of the pitשַׁחַתshachat
grave
The grave, from which God rescues.
Where else “shachat” appears- menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of bloodדָמִיםdamim
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “damim” appears- and deceitמִרְמָהmirma
deceit
Deceit, fraud, treachery.
Where else “mirma” appears- reach halfיֶחֱצוּyechetsu
reach middle
To reach the middle.
Where else “yechetsu” appears- their daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- will trustאֶבְטַחevtach
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “evtach” appears
The context
22Cast upon YHWH your burden, and he will sustain you; he will never allow the righteous to be moved.
23 · This verse (above)