A Psalm of David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
Unto thee will I cry
qara' (kaw-raw')
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
O LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
my rock
tsuwr (tsoor)
a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
be not silent
chashah (khaw-shaw')
to hush or keep quiet -- hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still.
to me lest if thou be silent
charash (khaw-rash')
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material)
to me I become
mashal (maw-shal')
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
like them that go down
yarad (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
into the pit
bowr (bore)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
