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Psalms 130:5 — King James Version← Study notes

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.


Psalms 130:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 130:56 words
HebrewMeaning
קִוִּ֣יתִיqiwiytiy
I wait forverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
קִוְּתָ֣הqiwətāh
it waitsverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
נַפְשִׁ֑/יnapəšiy
self mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וְֽ/לִ/דְבָר֥/וֹwəlidəbārwō
and for word hisconjH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הוֹחָֽלְתִּיhwōḥālətiy
I hopeverbH3176
have · make to) hope · be pained · stay ···
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 130:5

1. “Out of the deep have I called unto You, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice” Psalm 129:1. Jonas cried from the deep; from the whale's belly. Jonah 2:2 He was not only beneath the waves, but also in the entrails of the beast; nevertheless, those waves and that body prevented not his prayer from reaching God, and the beast's belly could not contain the voice of his prayer It penetrated all things, it burst through all things, it reached the ears of God: if indeed we ought to say…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 130
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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