O YHWH U have searched me & know me.
U know my sitting down & my rising up;
U understand my thought from afar.
U spread my path & my lying down, & U know well my all my ways.
4 there is not a word on my tongue, but C O YHWH, U know it all !!
U have closed me in, B-hind & B4, & laid UR hand upon me -
Knowledge 2 wondrous 4 me,
It is high cannot fathom.
Where would go from UR Ruah ?
Or where should flee from UR face ?
If go up in2 the shamayim, U R there;
If make my bed in the grave, C, U are there.
take the wings of the morning.
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
There 2, UR hand would lead me, & UR right hand hold me.
If say, "Darkness shall cover me."
Then night would B light 2 me;
Even darkness is not dark 4 U,
But night shines as the day -
As is darkness, so is light.
4 U, U possesed my kidneys,
U have covered me in my mother's womb.
give thanks 2 U,
4 am awesomely & wondrously made !!
Wondrous R UR worx
& my B-ing knows it well.
My bones were not concealed from U,
When was shaped in a hidden place,
Knit 2gether in the depths of the earth.
UR eyes saw my un4med body,
& in UR Book all of them were written,
The days they were 4med,
While none was among them.
& how precious are UR thoughts 2 me, O EL !!
How great has been the sum of them !!
If should count them,
They would be more than the sand;
When wake up am still with U.
Oh, that U would slay the wicked, O Eloah !!
Depart from me there4, men of bloodshed!
They speak against U wickedly.
Bring UR enemies 2 naught!
O YHWH, do not hate them, who hate U ?
Do not loathe those who rise up against U ?
With a complete hatred hate them;
They have B-come my enemies.
Search me, O EL, & know my heart;
Try me, & know my thoughts;
& C if an idolatrous way is in me,
& lead me in the Way everlasting.

How do you translate the word "Ruha"?

rightbluecheek said:

How do you translate the word "Ruha"?

Ruha is Aramaic for Spirit. Akin to Ruach in Hebrew.

perfume said:

I asked because I read an essay on a completely different interpretation of this word based on the fact that it also means "wind".