Psalms 128:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 128:47 words

HebrewMeaning

הִנֵּ֣הhinēh

here!particleH2009

lo · see

כִיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

כֵ֭ןkēn

thusadvH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

יְבֹ֥רַךְyəbōrakə

he will be blessedverbH1288

abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···

גָּ֗בֶרgāber

a mannounH1397

man · mighty

יְרֵ֣אyərēʾ

fearingadjH3373

fear

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

ℹWords 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 128:4

1. Felix the Martyr, truly Felix, i.e. “Happy” both in his name and his crown, whose birthday this is, despised the world. Was he, because he feared the Lord, thence happy, thence blessed, because his wife was as a fruitful vine upon the earth, and his children stood around his table? All these blessings he has perfectly, but in the Body of Him who is here described; and, because he understood them in this sense, he scorned things present, that he might receive things future.…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 128

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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