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Facing his strength,עֻזּוֹI will watchאֶשְׁמֹרָהfor you,אֵלֶיךָforכִּיElohim isאֱלֹהִיםmy high refuge.מִשְׂגַּבִּי
Psalms 59:9
Study it in the app“Facing his strength, I will watch for you, for Elohim is my high refuge.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 59:9, word by word
- Facing his strengthעֻזּuz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uz” appears- I will watchאֶשְׁמֹרָהeshmora
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “eshmora” appears- Elohim isאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- my high refugeמִשְׂגַּבִּmisgabi
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 “misgabi” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says “his strength” (עֻזּוֹ, the enemy’s); verse 17, almost the same, says “my strength” (עֻזִּי).
The context
8But you, YHWH, laugh at them; you mock all the nations.
9 · This verse (above)
10The Elohim of my loyal love will come to meet me; Elohim will let me look on those who lie in wait for me.