Psalms 69:6

“Let not those who wait for you be ashamed because of me, Adonai YHWH Tsevaot; let not those who seek you be humiliated because of me, Elohim of Israel.”

Psalms 69:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 69:6, word by word

those who wait for youקֹוֶיkove

wait

To long and look for, above all YHWH.

Where else “kove” appears
be ashamedיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu

be disappointed

To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.

Where else “yevoshu” appears
Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “adona” appears
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

Where else “yehvi” appears
Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

Where else “tsevaot” appears
those who seek youמְבַקְשֶׁיmevakshe

seek

To go after someone or something in order to find it.

Where else “mevakshe” appears
be humiliatedיִכָּלְמוּyikalmu

be ashamed, humiliate

Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.

Where else “yikalmu” appears
Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears

The context

5Elohim, you know my folly, and my guilt is not hidden from you.

6 · This verse (above)

7For for your sake I have borne reproach; humiliation has covered my face.

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