But Iוַאֲנִיwill sing ofאָשִׁירyour strength,עֻזֶּךָand shout for joyוַאֲרַנֵּןin the morningלַבֹּקֶרover your loyal love;חַסְדֶּךָforכִּיyou have beenהָיִיתָa high refugeמִשְׂגָּבfor me,לִיand a place to fleeוּמָנוֹסin the dayבְּיוֹםof my distress.צַר לִי
Psalms 59:16
Study it in the app“But I will sing of your strength, and shout for joy in the morning over your loyal love; for you have been a high refuge for me, and a place to flee in the day of my distress.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 59:16, word by word
- will sing ofאָשִׁירashir
sing
To give voice to a melody, to praise YHWH or to celebrate.
Where else “ashir” appears- your strengthעֻזֶּuze
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uze” appears- and shout for joyאֲרַנֵּןaranen
shout for joy
To raise a glad cry.
Where else “aranen” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- over your loyal loveחַסְדֶּchasde
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasde” appears- you have beenהָיִיתָhayita
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayita” appears- a high refugeמִשְׂגָּבmisgav
high refuge
A high, safe place that the enemy cannot reach: a height, a refuge on high. It is said of God as protection.
Where else “misgav” appears- and a place to fleeמָנוֹסmanos
refuge
Place to flee to, refuge.
Where else “manos” appears- in the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of my distressצַרtsar
distress
A tight situation from which one cannot escape.
Where else “tsar” appears
The context
15They wander about to eat; if they are not satisfied, they spend the night.
16 · This verse (above)
17My strength, to you I will sing psalms; for Elohim is my high refuge, the Elohim of my loyal love.