Psalms
Psalm 5:7
7But I will enter Your house
by the abundance of Your loving devotion;a
in reverence I will bow down
toward Your holy temple.
Footnotes
- a 5:7 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But I | וַאֲנִ֗י | wa·’ă·nî | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| will enter | אָב֣וֹא | ’ā·ḇō·w | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| Your house | בֵיתֶ֑ךָ | ḇê·ṯe·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1004 house |
| by the abundance | בְּרֹ֣ב | bə·rōḇ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness |
| of Your loving devotion | חַ֭סְדְּךָ | ḥas·də·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2617 goodness, kindness |
| in reverence | בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ׃ | bə·yir·’ā·ṯe·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3374 fear |
| I will bow down | אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥ה | ’eš·ta·ḥă·weh | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H7812 bow down |
| toward | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Your holy | קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ | qāḏ·šə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H6944 sacred, sanctity |
| temple | הֵֽיכַל־ | hê·ḵal- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1964 palace, temple |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 132:7 · Psalm 138:2 · Hebrews 4:16 · Psalm 69:13 · Hebrews 12:28–29 · Isaiah 55:7 · Daniel 6:10 · Romans 5:20–21 · 1 Peter 1:17–19 · Joshua 24:15 · Psalm 52:8 · 1 Kings 8:29–30
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.