Psalms 118:5

THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4.

and set me in. large place. The current Hebrew text. with the deliverance of JAH, bammerhab yah (two words). The Massoretic text reads it as one word, bammerhabyah. with deliverance. The Authorized Version and Revised Version transfer the yah to the beginning of the clause, and are then compelled to make out the sense by supplying "and set me". They do not even notice the Massoretic reading. The printed text reads: "I called upon Jah in distress, He answered me with the deliverance of Yah. "The Massoretic text reads: "I called upon Jah in distress, He answered me with deliverance. "