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Psalms 112:7

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

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מִשְּׁמוּעָ֣הmishmuahfrom bruitשְׁמוּעָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from bruit”, the ordinary formH8052something heard, i.e. an announcementbruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings.רָ֭עָהraahbadרַעadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִירָ֑אyirafearיָרֵאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fear”, an unfinished actionH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).נָכ֥וֹןnakhonbe fittedכּוּןverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “be fitted”, a verb used as a describing wordH3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth…לִ֝בּ֗וֹlibvocomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…בָּטֻ֥חַbatuchabe boldבָּטַחverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “be bold”, a verb used as a describing wordH982figuratively, to trust, be confident or surebe bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.בַּיהוָֽהbayhvahin Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is stedfast, trusting in the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah.

World English Bible

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

Darby Translation

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed confiding in Jehovah;

Douay-Rheims

Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is stedfast, trusting in the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He shall not be afraid of any evil report: his heart is ready to trust in the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπὸ ἀκοῆς πονηρᾶς οὐ φοβηθήσεται· ἑτοίμη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ Κύριον·