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Ifאִםhe does notלֹאturn back,יָשׁוּבhe will sharpenיִלְטוֹשׁhis sword;חַרְבּוֹhe has bentדָרַךְhis bowקַשְׁתּוֹand made it ready.וַיְכוֹנְנֶהָ
Psalms 7:12
Study it in the app“If he does not turn back, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow and made it ready.”
David describes God as a just judge who is indignant at evilHoliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 7:12, word by word
- turn backיָשׁוּבyashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuv” appears- he will sharpenיִלְטוֹשׁyiltosh
sharpen, forge
Sharpen, hammer out, forge.
Where else “yiltosh” appears- his swordחַרְבּcharb
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charb” appears- he has bentדָרַךְdarach
bend a bow
To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.
Where else “darach” appears- his bowקַשְׁתּkasht
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kasht” appears- and made it readyיְכוֹנְנֶyechonne
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “yechonne” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew does not say who “does not turn back” or who sharpens the sword. The most natural reading from the context: if the wicked does not turn back from his way, Elohim prepares his weapons.
The context
11Elohim is a righteous judge, and an El who is indignant every day.
12 · This verse (above)
13And for him he has prepared weapons of death; he makes his arrows fiery.