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The Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof my loyal loveחַסְדִּיwill come to meet me;יְקַדְּמֵנִיElohimאֱלֹהִיםwill let me lookיַרְאֵנִיon those who lie in wait for me.בְשֹׁרְרָי
Psalms 59:10
Study it in the app“The Elohim of my loyal love will come to meet me; Elohim will let me look on those who lie in wait for me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 59:10, word by word
- The Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of my loyal loveחַסְדִּchasdi
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasdi” appears- will come to meet meיְקַדְּמֵyekadme
meet
To go toward someone who is coming: to help him or to confront him.
Where else “yekadme” appears- will let me lookיַרְאֵyare
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yare” appears- on those who lie in wait for meשֹׁרְרָshorra
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
Translation note
“Will let me look on those who lie in wait for me”: he will let me see them defeated (as in 54:7).
The context
9Facing his strength, I will watch for you, for Elohim is my high refuge.
10 · This verse (above)
11Do not kill them, lest my people forget; make them wander by your power, and bring them down, our shield, Adonai.