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With your counselבַּעֲצָתְךָyou will guide me,תַנְחֵנִיand afterwardוְאַחַרwith gloryכָּבוֹדyou will take me.תִּקָּחֵנִי
Psalms 73:24
Study it in the app“With your counsel you will guide me, and afterward with glory you will take me.”
The psalmist says that with God he desires nothing else; God is the rock of his heartDeath and Eternal LifeThe psalmist knows God holds his hand and guides him with his counselGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 73:24, word by word
- With your counselעֲצָתְatsat
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “atsat” appears- you will guide meתַנְחֵtanche
lead, guide
Lead, guide along the way; bring someone to a place.
Where else “tanche” appears- with gloryכָּבוֹדkavod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kavod” appears- you will take meתִּקָּחֵtikache
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikache” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says, word for word, “and afterward glory you will take me”; it can be understood “with glory,” “to glory,” or “after the glory.” “You will take me”: the same verb as in Genesis 5:24 and Psalm 49:15.
The context
23But I am always with you; you have grasped my right hand.
24 · This verse (above)
25Whom have I in the heavens? And with you I desire nothing on earth.