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Will your wonderהֲ פִּלְאֶךָbe knownיִוָּדַעin the darkness,בַּחֹשֶׁךְand your righteousnessוְצִדְקָתְךָin the landבְּאֶרֶץof forgetfulness?נְשִׁיָּה
Psalms 88:12
Study it in the app“Will your wonder be known in the darkness, and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 88:12, word by word
- Will your wonderפִּלְאֶpile
wonder
Wonder: something only God can do.
Where else “pile” appears- be knownיִוָּדַעyivada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yivada” appears- in the darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- and your righteousnessצִדְקָתְtsidkat
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkat” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of forgetfulnessנְשִׁיָּהneshiya
forgetfulness
Forgetfulness. "The land of forgetfulness": the place of the dead. It appears only once.
Where else “neshiya” appears
The context
11Will your loyal love be recounted in the grave, your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 · This verse (above)
13But I, to you, YHWH, have cried for help, and in the morning my prayer comes to meet you.