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Psalms 118:27 — King James Version← Study notes

God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.


Psalms 118:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:2710 words
HebrewMeaning
אֵ֤לʾēl
is GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
יְהוָה֮yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יָּ֪אֶרwayāʾer
and he has given lightconjH215
break of day · kindle · (be · en- ···
לָ֥/נוּlānw
pron
אִסְרוּʾisərw
bindverbH631
fast · gird · harness · hold ···
חַ֥גḥag
a festival sacrificenounH2282
sacrifice · solemnity
בַּ/עֲבֹתִ֑יםbaʿăbōtiym
with ropespronH5688
cord · rope · thick bough · wreathen
עַדʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
קַ֝רְנ֗וֹתqarənwōt
the horns ofnounH7161
hill
הַ/מִּזְבֵּֽחַhamizəbēḥa
the altarparticleH4196
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 118:27

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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