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How long,עַד מָהYHWH?יְהוָהWill you hide yourselfתִּסָּתֵרforever?לָנֶצַחWill your furyחֲמָתֶךָburnתִּבְעַרlikeכְּמוֹfire?אֵשׁ
Psalms 89:46
Study it in the app“How long, YHWH? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your fury burn like fire?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:46, 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- Will you hide yourselfתִּסָּתֵרtisater
hide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “tisater” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- Will your furyחֲמָתֶchamate
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamate” appears- burnתִּבְעַרtivar
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “tivar” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
The context
45You have shortened the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah.
46 · This verse (above)
47Remember what my lifespan is; for what vanity have you created all human beings?