Psalms

Psalm 69:29–34

²⁹But I am in pain and distress;

let Your salvation protect me, O God.

³⁰I will praise God’s name in song

and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

³¹And this will please the LORD more than an ox,

more than a bull with horns and hooves.

³²The humble will see and rejoice.

You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

³³For the LORD listens to the needy

and does not despise His captive people.

³⁴Let heaven and earth praise Him,

the seas and everything that moves in them.

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	וַ֭אֲנִי	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
in pain	עָנִ֣י	‘ā·nî	Adjective - masculine singular	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
and distress	וְכוֹאֵ֑ב	wə·ḵō·w·’êḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3510 be in pain
let Your salvation	יְשׁוּעָתְךָ֖	yə·šū·‘ā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3444 salvation
protect me	תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽנִי׃	tə·śag·gə·ḇê·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; first person common singular	H7682 be
O God	אֱלֹהִ֣ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will praise	אֲהַֽלְלָ֣ה	’ă·hal·lāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1984 shine
God’s	אֱלֹהִ֣ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
name	שֵׁם־	šêm-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
in song	בְּשִׁ֑יר	bə·šîr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H7892 song
and exalt Him	וַאֲגַדְּלֶ֥נּוּ	wa·’ă·ḡad·də·len·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H1431 grow up, become great
with thanksgiving	בְתוֹדָֽה׃	ḇə·ṯō·w·ḏāh	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H8426 thanksgiving

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And this will please	וְתִיטַ֣ב	wə·ṯî·ṭaḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
the LORD	לַֽ֭יהוָה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
more than an ox	מִשּׁ֥וֹר	miš·šō·wr	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7794 head of cattle
more than a bull	פָּ֗ר	pār	Noun - masculine singular	H6499 young bull, steer
with horns	מַקְרִ֥ן	maq·rin	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H7160 send out rays
and hooves	מַפְרִֽיס׃	map̄·rîs	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H6536 break in two, divide

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The humble	עֲנָוִ֣ים	‘ă·nā·wîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H6035 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
will see	רָא֣וּ	rā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7200 see
and rejoice	יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ	yiś·mā·ḥū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8055 rejoice, be glad
You who seek	דֹּרְשֵׁ֥י	dō·rə·šê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H1875 resort to, seek
God	אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
let your hearts	לְבַבְכֶֽם׃	lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
be revived	וִיחִ֥י	wî·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H2421 live

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
listens	שֹׁמֵ֣עַ	šō·mê·a‘	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H8085 hear
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the needy	אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים	’eḇ·yō·w·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H34 in want, needy, poor
and does not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
despise	בָזָֽה׃	ḇā·zāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H959 despise
His captive people	אֲ֝סִירָ֗יו	’ă·sî·rāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H615 bondman, prisoner

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Let heaven	שָׁמַ֣יִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and earth	וָאָ֑רֶץ	wā·’ā·reṣ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
praise Him	יְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּ	yə·hal·lū·hū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H1984 shine
the seas	יַ֝מִּ֗ים	yam·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3220 sea
and everything	וְֽכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
that moves	רֹמֵ֥שׂ	rō·mêś	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7430 creep, move lightly, move about
in them	בָּֽם׃	bām	Preposition; third person masculine plural