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Psalms 11:4 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.


Psalms 11:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 11:412 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהוָ֤הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּֽ/הֵ֘יכַ֤לbəhēykal
is in the temple ofpronH1964
temple
קָדְשׁ֗/וֹqādəšwō
holiness hisnounH6944
dedicated · hallowed · holiness · holy ( day ···
יְהוָה֮yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בַּ/שָּׁמַ֪יִםbašāmayim
is in the heavenspronH8064
astrologer · heaven
כִּ֫סְא֥/וֹkisəʾwō
throne hisnounH3678
stool · throne
עֵינָ֥י/וʿēynāyw
eyes hisnounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
יֶחֱז֑וּyeḥĕzw
they seeverbH2372
look · prophesy · provide · see
עַפְעַפָּ֥י/וʿapəʿapāyw
eyelids hisnounH6079
eye-lid
יִ֝בְחֲנ֗וּyibəḥănw
they testverbH974
prove · tempt · try
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָדָֽםʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
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 11:4

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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