22
But YHWHוַ יְהוָהhas beenיְהִיfor meלִיa high refuge,לְמִשְׂגָּבand my Elohimוֵאלֹהַיthe rockלְצוּרof my refuge.מַחְסִי
Psalms 94:22
Study it in the app“But YHWH has been for me a high refuge, and my Elohim the rock of my refuge.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 94:22, word by word
- But 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- has beenיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- a high refugeמִשְׂגָּבmisgav
high refuge
A high, safe place that the enemy cannot reach: a height, a refuge on high. It is said of God as protection.
Where else “misgav” appears- and my Elohimאלֹהַloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “loha” appears- the rockצוּרtsur
rock
A large rock.
Where else “tsur” appears- of my refugeמַחְסִmachsi
refuge, shelter
A refuge, a place to take cover.
Where else “machsi” appears
The context
21They band together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood they declare guilty.
22 · This verse (above)
23And he will turn back upon them their wickedness, and in their evil he will annihilate them; YHWH our Elohim will annihilate them.