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WhenאִםI said,אָמַרְתִּי“My footרַגְלִיslips,”מָטָהyour loyal love,חַסְדְּךָYHWH,יְהוָהupheld me.יִסְעָדֵנִי
Psalms 94:18
Study it in the app“When I said, “My foot slips,” your loyal love, YHWH, upheld me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 94:18, word by word
- I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- “My footרַגְלִragli
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragli” appears- slipsמָטָהmata
totter, slip
Totter, slip, lose one's footing.
Where else “mata” appears- your loyal loveחַסְדְּchasd
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasd” 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- upheld meיִסְעָדֵyisade
sustain, strengthen
Sustain, strengthen. "Sustain the heart" is to refresh oneself by eating.
Where else “yisade” appears
The context
17Unless YHWH had been a help to me, my soul would soon have dwelt in the silence.
18 · This verse (above)
19In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me, your consolations delight my soul.