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Psalms 107:27 — King James Version← Study notes

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.


Psalms 107:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 107:276 words
HebrewMeaning
יָח֣וֹגּוּyāḥwōgw
they staggeredverbH2287
dance · (keep · hold) a feast · reel to and fro
וְ֭/יָנוּעוּwəyānwʿw
and they may trembledconjH5128
fugitive · make · to up and down · be gone away ···
כַּ/שִּׁכּ֑וֹרkašikwōr
like drunkardpronH7910
-en · -en man)
וְ/כָלwəkāl
and allconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
חָ֝כְמָתָ֗/םḥākəmātām
skill theirnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
תִּתְבַּלָּֽעtitəbalāʿ
coververbH1104
destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···
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 107:27

1. This Psalm commends unto us the mercies of God, proved in ourselves, and is therefore the sweeter to the experienced. And it is a wonder if it can be pleasing to any one, except to him who has learned in his own case, what he hears in this Psalm. Yet was it written not for any one or two, but for the people of God, and set forth that it might know itself therein as in a mirror. Its title needs not now to be treated, for it is Halleluia, and again Halleluia. Which we have a…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 107 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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