Let notאַלthose who wait for youקֹוֶיךָbe ashamedיֵבֹשׁוּbecause of me,בִיAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהTsevaot;צְבָאוֹתlet notאַלthose who seek youמְבַקְשֶׁיךָbe humiliatedיִכָּלְמוּbecause of me,בִיElohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Psalms 69:6
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.