Psalms 71:20

“You who have made me see many distresses and evils, will again give me life, and from the deeps of the earth will again bring me up.”

Psalms 71:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 71:20, word by word

have made me seeהִרְאִיתַhirita

show

To make someone see something.

Where else “hirita” appears
manyרַבּוֹתrabot

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabot” appears
distressesצָרוֹתtsarot

distress

A time of hardship or danger.

Where else “tsarot” appears
and evilsרָעוֹתraot

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raot” appears
will againתָּשׁוּבtashuv

again

To do something one more time.

Where else “tashuv” appears
give me lifeתְּחַיֵּיtechaye

keep alive

To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.

Where else “techaye” appears
and from the deepsתְּהֹמוֹתtehomot

the deep

The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.

Where else “tehomot” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
bring me upתַּעֲלֵtaale

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

Where else “taale” appears

The context

19And your righteousness, Elohim, reaches to the heights, you who have done great things; Elohim, who is like you?

20 · This verse (above)

21You will increase my greatness, and turn again and comfort me.

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