Psalms 75:3

“The earth and all its inhabitants melt; I have set firm its pillars. Selah.”

Psalms 75:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 75:3, word by word

The earthאֶרֶץerets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “erets” appears
its inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshve” appears
meltנְמֹגִיםnemogim

soften

To dissolve or soften, like the ground with rain or the earth before YHWH.

Where else “nemogim” appears
have set firmתִכַּנְתִּיtikanti

measure

To measure, make firm.

Where else “tikanti” appears
its pillarsעַמּוּדֶיamude

pillar, column

Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.

Where else “amude” appears
Selahסֶּלָהsela

Selah

Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.

Where else “sela” appears

The context

2“When I take the appointed time, I will judge with uprightness.

3 · This verse (above)

4I have said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn;

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