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Be exaltedרוּמָהabove the heavens,עַל הַשָּׁמַיִםElohim;אֱלֹהִיםoverעַלallכָּלthe earthהָאָרֶץbe your glory.כְּבוֹדֶךָ
Psalms 57:5
Study it in the app“Be exalted above the heavens, Elohim; over all the earth be your glory.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 57:5, word by word
- Be exaltedרוּמָruma
be high
To be up above, raised in honor.
Where else “ruma” appears- above the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- be your gloryכְּבוֹדֶkevode
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevode” appears
The context
4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among those who blaze, human beings whose teeth are a spear and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 · This verse (above)
6A net they prepared for my footsteps; my soul was bowed down; they dug before me a hole; they fell into the middle of it. Selah.