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In you,בְּךָYHWH,יְהוָהI have taken refuge;חָסִיתִיlet me notאַלbe ashamedאֵבוֹשָׁהever.לְעוֹלָם
Psalms 71:1
Study it in the app“In you, YHWH, I have taken refuge; let me not be ashamed ever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 71:1, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- I have taken refugeחָסִיתִיchasiti
take refuge
Take refuge: seek shelter in someone.
Where else “chasiti” appears- be ashamedאֵבוֹשָׁהevosha
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “evosha” appears- everעוֹלָםolam
never
With "not": at no time.
Where else “olam” appears
Translation note
The first three verses repeat almost word for word the beginning of Psalm 31.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2In your righteousness deliver me and bring me to safety; turn your ear to me and save me.