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Psalms 103:14 — King James Version← Study notes

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.


Psalms 103:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 103:148 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ה֖וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יָדַ֣עyādaʿ
he knowsverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
יִצְרֵ֑/נוּyiṣərēnw
form ournounH3336
thing framed · imagination · mind · work
זָ֝כ֗וּרzākwr
he is rememberingverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
כִּיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עָפָ֥רʿāpār
are dustnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
אֲנָֽחְנוּʾănāḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 103:14

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul! And all that is within me, His holy Name” Psalm 102:1. I suppose that he speaks not of what is within the body; I do not suppose him to mean this, that our lungs and liver, and so forth, are to burst forth into the voice of blessing of the Lord. There are lungs in our breast indeed, like a kind of bellows, which send forth successive breathings, which breathing forth of the air inhaled is pressed out into voice and sound, when the words are…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 103 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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