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My shieldמָגִנִּיis withעַלElohim,אֱלֹהִיםwho savesמוֹשִׁיעַthe uprightיִשְׁרֵיin heart.לֵב
Psalms 7:10
Study it in the app“My shield is with Elohim, who saves the upright in heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 7:10, word by word
- My shieldמָגִנִּmagini
protector
One who protects: YHWH, "my shield".
Where else “magini” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- who savesמוֹשִׁיעַmoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshia” appears- the uprightיִשְׁרֵיyishre
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yishre” appears- in heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears
Translation note
“Is with Elohim”: literally “upon Elohim,” that is, in his charge: it is he who upholds it.
The context
9May the evil of the wicked come to an end, and make firm the righteous; and the one who tests the hearts and the kidneys is the righteous Elohim.
10 · This verse (above)
11Elohim is a righteous judge, and an El who is indignant every day.