But I,וַאֲנִיto you,אֵלֶיךָYHWH,יְהוָהhave cried for help,שִׁוַּעְתִּיand in the morningוּבַבֹּקֶרmy prayerתְּפִלָּתִיcomes to meet you.תְקַדְּמֶךָּ
Psalms 88:13
Study it in the app“But I, to you, YHWH, have cried for help, and in the morning my prayer comes to meet you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 88:13, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- have cried for helpשִׁוַּעְתִּיshivati
cry for help
To cry out for help, to call aloud to be rescued.
Where else “shivati” appears- and in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- my prayerתְּפִלָּתִtefilati
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefilati” appears- comes to meet youתְקַדְּמֶtekadme
meet
To go toward someone who is coming: to help him or to confront him.
Where else “tekadme” appears
The context
12Will your wonder be known in the darkness, and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 · This verse (above)
14Why, YHWH, do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?