Psalms

Psalm 74:18–22

¹⁸Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD,

how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

¹⁹Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts;

do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

²⁰Consider Your covenant,

for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

²¹Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame;

may the poor and needy praise Your name.

²²Rise up, O God; defend Your cause!

Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

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
Remember	זְכָר־	zə·ḵār-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2142 remember
how	זֹ֗את	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
the enemy	א֭וֹיֵב	’ō·w·yêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
has mocked You	חֵרֵ֣ף׀	ḥê·rêp̄	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2778 reproach
O LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
how a foolish	נָ֝בָ֗ל	nā·ḇāl	Adjective - masculine singular	H5036 foolish, senseless
people	וְעַ֥ם	wə·‘am	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
has spurned	נִֽאֲצ֥וּ	ni·’ă·ṣū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H5006 contemn, spurn
Your name	שְׁמֶֽךָ׃	šə·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8034 name

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
deliver	תִּתֵּ֣ן	tit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
the soul	נֶ֣פֶשׁ	ne·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
of Your dove	תּוֹרֶ֑ךָ	tō·w·re·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8449 turtle-dove
to beasts	לְ֭חַיַּת	lə·ḥay·yaṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2416 alive, living
do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
forget	תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח	tiš·kaḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7911 forget
the lives	חַיַּ֥ת	ḥay·yaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2416 alive, living
of Your afflicted	עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָ	‘ă·nî·ye·ḵā	Adjective - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
forever	לָנֶֽצַח׃	lā·ne·ṣaḥ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Consider	הַבֵּ֥ט	hab·bêṭ	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H5027 look
Your covenant	לַבְּרִ֑ית	lab·bə·rîṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
for	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
haunts	נְא֣וֹת	nə·’ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H5116 abode of shepherd, or flocks
of violence	חָמָֽס׃	ḥā·mās	Noun - masculine singular	H2555 violence, wrong
fill	מָלְא֥וּ	mā·lə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4390 be full, fill
the dark places	מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־	ma·ḥă·šak·kê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4285 dark place
of the land	אֶ֝֗רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
let the oppressed	דַּ֣ךְ	daḵ	Adjective - masculine singular	H1790 crushed, oppressed
retreat	יָשֹׁ֣ב	yā·šōḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
in shame	נִכְלָ֑ם	niḵ·lām	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H3637 be humiliated
may the poor	עָנִ֥י	‘ā·nî	Adjective - masculine singular	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
and needy	וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹן	wə·’eḇ·yō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H34 in want, needy, poor
praise	יְֽהַלְל֥וּ	yə·hal·lū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1984 shine
Your name	שְׁמֶֽךָ׃	šə·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8034 name

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Rise up	קוּמָ֣ה	qū·māh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
O God	אֱ֭לֹהִים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
defend	רִיבָ֣ה	rî·ḇāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H7378 strive, contend
Your cause	רִיבֶ֑ךָ	rî·ḇe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7379 strife, dispute
Remember	זְכֹ֥ר	zə·ḵōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2142 remember
how	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the fool	נָ֝בָ֗ל	nā·ḇāl	Adjective - masculine singular	H5036 foolish, senseless
mocks You	חֶרְפָּתְךָ֥	ḥer·pā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2781 reproach
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
day long	הַיּֽוֹם׃	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day