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Psalms 103:17 — King James Version← Study notes

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;


Psalms 103:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 103:1710 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/חֶ֤סֶדwəḥesed
and the covenant loyalty ofconjH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מֵ/עוֹלָ֣םmēʿwōlām
from antiquitypronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
וְ/עַדwəʿad
and untilconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
ע֭וֹלָםʿwōlām
perpetuitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
עַלʿal
is towardspronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יְרֵאָ֑י/וyərēʾāyw
those fearing himadjH3373
fear
וְ֝/צִדְקָת֗/וֹwəṣidəqātwō
and righteousness hisconjH6666
moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)
לִ/בְנֵ֥יlibənēy
is to the children ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
בָנִֽיםbāniym
childrennounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
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 103:17

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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