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Psalms 118:23 — King James Version← Study notes

This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.


Psalms 118:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:237 words
HebrewMeaning
מֵ/אֵ֣תmēʾēt
from withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הָ֣יְתָהhāyətāh
it has comeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
זֹּ֑אתzōʾt
thisprepH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
הִ֖יאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
נִפְלָ֣אתnipəlāʾt
it is wonderfulverbH6381
(arise...too · be too) hard · hidden · things too high ···
בְּ/עֵינֵֽי/נוּbəʿēynēynw
in view ourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
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 118:23

1. ...We are taught in this Psalm, when we chaunt Allelujah, which means, Praise the Lord, that we should, when we hear the words, “Confess unto the Lord” Psalm 117:1, praise the Lord. The praise of God could not be expressed in fewer words than these, “For He is good.” I see not what can be more solemn than this brevity, since goodness is so peculiarly the quality of God, that the Son of God Himself when addressed by some one as “Good Master,” by one, namely, who beholding…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 118 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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