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Psalms 131:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever.


Psalms 131:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 131:37 words
HebrewMeaning
יַחֵ֣לyaḥēl
hopeverbH3176
have · make to) hope · be pained · stay ···
יִ֭שְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēl
O IsraelnounH3478
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מֵֽ֝/עַתָּ֗הmēʿatāh
from nowpronH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
וְ/עַדwəʿad
and untilconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
עוֹלָֽםʿwōlām
perpetuitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
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 131:3

1. In this Psalm, the humility of one that is a servant of God and faithful is commended unto us, by whose voice it is sung; which is the whole body of Christ. For we have often warned you, beloved, that it ought not to be received as the voice of one man singing, but of all who are in Christ's Body. And since all are in His Body, as it were one man speaks: and he is one who also is many....Now he prays in the temple of God, who prays in the peace of the Church, in the unity…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 131
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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