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Psalms 12:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.


Psalms 12:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 12:710 words
HebrewMeaning
אִֽמֲר֣וֹתʾimărwōt
the words ofnounH565
speech · word
יְהוָה֮yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֲמָר֪וֹתʾămārwōt
are wordsnounH565
speech · word
טְהֹ֫ר֥וֹתṭəhōrwōt
pureadjH2889
fair · pure
כֶּ֣סֶףkesep
silvernounH3701
price · silver
צָ֭רוּףṣārwp
refinedverbH6884
fine · founder · goldsmith · melt ···
בַּ/עֲלִ֣ילbaʿăliyl
in a cruciblepronH5948
לָ/אָ֑רֶץlāʾāreṣ
of the earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מְ֝זֻקָּ֗קməzuqāq
purifiedverbH2212
pour down · purge · purify · refine
שִׁבְעָתָֽיִםšibəʿātāyim
sevenfoldadjH7659
times)
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 12:7

To the end, for the eighth, a psalm of David. 1. It has been said on the sixth Psalm, that “the eighth” may be taken as the day of judgment. “For the eighth” may also be taken “for the eternal age;” for that after the time present, which is a cycle of seven days, it shall be given to the Saints. 2. “Save me, O Lord, for the holy has failed;” that is, is not found: as we speak when we say, Grain fails, or, Money fails. “For the truths have been minished from among the sons…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 12
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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