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with whichאֲשֶׁרyour enemiesאוֹיְבֶיךָhave reproached,חֵרְפוּYHWH,יְהוָהwith whichאֲשֶׁרthey have reproachedחֵרְפוּthe footprintsעִקְּבוֹתof your anointed.מְשִׁיחֶךָ
Psalms 89:51
Study it in the app“with which your enemies have reproached, YHWH, with which they have reproached the footprints of your anointed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:51, word by word
- your enemiesאוֹיְבֶיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- have reproachedחֵרְפוּcherfu
reproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “cherfu” appears- 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- the footprintsעִקְּבוֹתikvot
footprint
The mark the foot leaves when it treads, where someone passed.
Where else “ikvot” appears- of your anointedמְשִׁיחֶmeshiche
anointed
Anointed: someone on whom oil has been poured to set him apart for a task from God (priest, king). In Hebrew it is "mashiach", from which "Messiah" comes; in Greek, "Christ".
Where else “meshiche” appears
Translation note
“The footprints of your anointed”: his steps; it can be understood that they follow him with their mockery wherever he goes.
The context
50Remember, Adonai, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my bosom that of all the many peoples,
51 · This verse (above)
52Blessed be YHWH forever. Amen and amen.