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Psalms 115:7 — King James Version← Study notes

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.


Psalms 115:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 115:79 words
HebrewMeaning
יְדֵי/הֶ֤םyədēyhem
hands theirnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וְ/לֹ֬אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יְמִישׁ֗וּ/ןyəmiyšwn
they feel !verbH4184
handle
רַ֭גְלֵי/הֶםragəlēyhem
feet theirnounH7272
be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יְהַלֵּ֑כוּyəhalēkw
they walkverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֶ֝הְגּ֗וּyehəgw
they make a soundverbH1897
meditate · mourn · mutter · roar ···
בִּ/גְרוֹנָֽ/םbigərwōnām
with throat theirpronH1627
aloud · neck · throat
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 115:7

1. “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Your Name give the praise” Psalm 113:1. For that grace of the water that gushed from the rock (“now that rock was Christ” 1 Corinthians 10:4), was not given on the score of works that had gone before, but of His mercy “that justifies the ungodly.” Romans 4:5 For “Christ died for sinners,” that men might not seek any glory of their own, but in the Lord's Name. 2. “For Your loving mercy, and for Your truth's sake” Psalm 113:2.…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 115
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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