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Whoמִיknowsיוֹדֵעַthe strengthעֹזof your anger,אַפֶּךָand,וּaccording to the fear of you,כְיִרְאָתְךָyour wrath?עֶבְרָתֶךָ
Psalms 90:11
Study it in the app“Who knows the strength of your anger, and, according to the fear of you, your wrath?”
The psalmist asks God to teach us to number our daysDeath and Eternal Life
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 90:11, word by word
- knowsיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- the strengthעֹזoz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “oz” appears- of your angerאַפֶּape
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ape” appears- according to the fear of youיִרְאָתְyirat
fear
Fear. "The fear of God" is deep reverence that leads one to obey him and avoid evil.
Where else “yirat” appears- your wrathעֶבְרָתֶevrate
fury
Overflowing rage, fury.
Where else “evrate” appears
Translation note
The second phrase is difficult: who knows your wrath as befits the fear that is owed to you?
The context
10The days of our years —in them seventy years, and if by strength eighty years; and their pride is suffering and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
11 · This verse (above)
12To number our days, so teach us, and we will bring a heart of wisdom.