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Psalms 11:5 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.


Psalms 11:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 11:58 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהוָה֮yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צַדִּ֪יקṣadiyq
the righteousadjH6662
lawful · righteous
יִ֫בְחָ֥ןyibəḥān
he testsverbH974
prove · tempt · try
וְ֭/רָשָׁעwərāšāʿ
and the wickedconjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
וְ/אֹהֵ֣בwəʾōhēb
and one who lovesconjH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
חָמָ֑סḥāmās
violencenounH2555
damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···
שָֽׂנְאָ֥הśānəʾāh
it hatesverbH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
נַפְשֽׁ/וֹnapəšwō
self hisnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
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 11:5

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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