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Psalms 125:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.


Psalms 125:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 125:314 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹ֪אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָנ֡וּחַyānwḥa
it will restverbH5117
be confederate · lay · let down · quiet ···
שֵׁ֤בֶטšēbeṭ
the scepter ofnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
הָ/רֶ֗שַׁעhārešaʿ
wickednessparticleH7562
wicked
עַל֮ʿal
overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
גּוֹרַ֪לgwōral
the allotted portion ofnounH1486
הַֽ/צַּדִּ֫יקִ֥יםhaṣadiyqiym
the righteous peopleparticleH6662
lawful · righteous
לְמַ֡עַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִשְׁלְח֖וּyišələḥw
may stretch outverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
הַ/צַּדִּיקִ֨יםhaṣadiyqiym
the righteous peopleparticleH6662
lawful · righteous
בְּ/עַוְלָ֬תָ/הbəʿawəlātāh
in injusticepronH5766
perverseness · unjust · unrighteousness; wicked
יְדֵי/הֶֽםyədēyhem
hands theirnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
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 125:3

1. This Psalm, belonging to the number of the Songs of Degrees, teaches us, while we ascend and raise our minds unto the Lord our God in loving charity and piety, not to fix our gaze upon men who are prosperous in this world, with a happiness that is false and unstable, and altogether seductive; where they cherish nothing save pride, and their heart freezes up against God, and is made hard against the shower of His grace, so that it bears not fruit.... 2. “They that put…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 125 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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