Psalms

Psalm 85:7–8

⁷Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD,

and grant us Your salvation.

⁸I will listen to what God the LORD will say;

for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints;

He will not let them return to folly.

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
Show us	הַרְאֵ֣נוּ	har·’ê·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common plural	H7200 see
Your loving devotion	חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ	ḥas·de·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
O LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and grant	תִּתֶּן־	tit·ten-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
us	לָֽנוּ׃	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
Your salvation	וְ֝יֶשְׁעֲךָ֗	wə·yeš·‘ă·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3468 deliverance, rescue, salvation

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will listen	אֶשְׁמְעָ֗ה	’eš·mə·‘āh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H8085 hear
to what	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
God	הָאֵ֪ל׀	hā·’êl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
the LORD	יְה֫וָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
will say	יְדַבֵּר֮	yə·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
for	כִּ֤י׀	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
He will surely speak	יְדַבֵּ֬ר	yə·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
peace	שָׁל֗וֹם	šā·lō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
His people	עַמּ֥וֹ	‘am·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5971 people
and	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
His saints	חֲסִידָ֑יו	ḥă·sî·ḏāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H2623 kind, pious
He will not	וְֽאַל־	wə·’al-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
let them return	יָשׁ֥וּבוּ	yā·šū·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
to folly	לְכִסְלָֽה׃	lə·ḵis·lāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H3690 stupidity

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 85:7 Psalm 91:16 · Psalm 50:23 · Jeremiah 42:12

Psalm 85:8 Psalm 29:11 · Revelation 3:19 · John 14:27 · Zechariah 9:10 · Habakkuk 2:1 · Hebrews 10:26–29 · 2 Timothy 2:19 · Genesis 34:7 · Psalm 130:4 · 2 Thessalonians 3:16 · Galatians 4:9 · Ephesians 2:17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.