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Psalms 107:4 — King James Version← Study notes

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.


Psalms 107:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 107:48 words
HebrewMeaning
תָּע֣וּtāʿw
they wandered aboutverbH8582
deceive · dissemble · (cause to · make to) err ···
בַ֭/מִּדְבָּרbamidəbār
in the wildernesspronH4057
south · speech · wilderness
בִּ/ישִׁימ֣וֹןbiyšiymwōn
in a desolate place ofpronH3452
Jeshimon · solitary · wilderness
דָּ֑רֶךְdārekə
a waynounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
עִ֥ירʿiyr
a city ofnounH5892
city · court · town
מ֝וֹשָׁ֗בmwōšāb
dwellingnounH4186
dwell in · dwelling · wherein dwelt · inhabited place ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מָצָֽאוּmāṣāʾw
they foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
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 107:4

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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