Psalms

Psalm 53:6

⁶Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion!

When God restores His captive people,^e

let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Oh	מִ֥י	mî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4310 who?
that	מִ֥י	mî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4310 who?
the salvation	יְשֻׁע֪וֹת	yə·šu·‘ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H3444 salvation
of Israel	יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
would come	יִתֵּ֣ן	yit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
from Zion	מִצִּיּוֹן֮	miṣ·ṣî·yō·wn	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion
When God	אֱ֭לֹהִים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
restores	בְּשׁ֣וּב	bə·šūḇ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7725 turn back, return
His captive	שְׁב֣וּת	šə·ḇūṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H7622 exile, prisoners, former state of prosperity
people	עַמּ֑וֹ	‘am·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5971 people
let Jacob	יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
rejoice	יָגֵ֥ל	yā·ḡêl	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H1523 rejoice
let Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
be glad	יִשְׂמַ֥ח	yiś·maḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8055 rejoice, be glad

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.