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Psalms 11:3 — King James Version← Study notes

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?


Psalms 11:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 11:36 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הַ֭/שָּׁתוֹתhašātwōt
the foundationsparticleH8356
purpose
יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּ/ןyēhārēswn
they will be torn down !verbH2040
break (down · through) · destroy · overthrow ···
צַ֝דִּ֗יקṣadiyq
the righteousadjH6662
lawful · righteous
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
פָּעָֽלpāʿāl
does he doverbH6466
do · make · ordain · work
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 11:3

To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. This title does not require a fresh consideration: for the meaning of, “to the end,” has already been sufficiently handled. Let us then look to the text itself of the Psalm, which to me appears to be sung against the heretics, who, by rehearsing and exaggerating the sins of many in the Church, as if either all or the majority among themselves were righteous, strive to turn and snatch us away from the breasts of the one True Mother…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 11 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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