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Psalms 107:9 — King James Version← Study notes

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.


Psalms 107:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 107:98 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִ֭שְׂבִּיעַhiśəbiyʿa
he satisfiesverbH7646
fill (full · self · with) · be full ···
נֶ֣פֶשׁnepeš
a throatnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
שֹׁקֵקָ֑הšōqēqāh
longingverbH8264
justle one against another · long · range · run
וְ/נֶ֥פֶשׁwənepeš
and a throatconjH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
רְ֝עֵבָהrəʿēbāh
hungryadjH7457
hungry
מִלֵּאmilēʾ
he fillsverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
טֽוֹבṭwōb
good thingsadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
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 107:9

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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