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My tongueלְשׁוֹנִיalsoגַּםallכָּלthe dayהַיּוֹםwill meditate onתֶּהְגֶּהyour righteousness,צִדְקָתֶךָforכִּיthey have been put to shame,בֹשׁוּforכִיthey have been abashed,חָפְרוּthose who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmy harm.רָעָתִי
Psalms 71:24
Study it in the app“My tongue also all the day will meditate on your righteousness, for they have been put to shame, for they have been abashed, those who seek my harm.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 71:24, word by word
- My tongueלְשׁוֹנִleshoni
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshoni” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- will meditate onתֶּהְגֶּהtehge
meditate
To think over something again and again, like YHWH's law.
Where else “tehge” appears- your righteousnessצִדְקָתֶtsidkate
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkate” appears- they have been put to shameבֹשׁוּvoshu
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “voshu” appears- they have been abashedחָפְרוּchafru
be ashamed, be disappointed
To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.
Where else “chafru” appears- those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmevakshe
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appears- my harmרָעָתִraati
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raati” appears
Translation note
“Will meditate”: it will repeat it in a low voice; the Hebrew verb indicates quiet speaking, like someone going over something.
The context
23My lips will shout for joy when I sing psalms to you, and my soul, which you have ransomed.
24 · This verse (above)