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Help us,עָזְרֵנוּElohimאֱלֹהֵיof our salvation,יִשְׁעֵנוּfor the sakeעַל דְּבַרof the gloryכְּבוֹדof your name;שְׁמֶךָand deliver us,וְהַצִּילֵנוּand make expiationוְכַפֵּרfor our sins,עַל חַטֹּאתֵינוּfor the sakeלְמַעַןof your name.שְׁמֶךָ
Psalms 79:9
Study it in the app“Help us, Elohim of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name; and deliver us, and make expiation for our sins, for the sake of your name.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 79:9, word by word
- Help usעָזְרֵazre
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “azre” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of our salvationיִשְׁעֵyishe
salvation, deliverance
Salvation, deliverance; the safety and well-being of one who has been rescued. From the same root as "save."
Where else “yishe” appears- for the sakeדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- of the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of your nameשְׁמֶsheme
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “sheme” appears- and deliver usהַצִּילֵhatsile
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsile” appears- and make expiationכַפֵּרchaper
atone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “chaper” appears- for our sinsחַטֹּאתֵיchatote
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatote” appears
The context
8Do not remember against us the iniquities of the ancestors; quickly let your compassion come to meet us, for we have been brought low greatly.
9 · This verse (above)
10Why should the nations say, “Where is their Elohim?” Let there be known among the nations, before our eyes, the vengeance for the blood of your servants that was poured out.