Psalms 135:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.”

Psalms 135:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 135:610 words

HebrewMeaning

כֹּ֤לkōl

allnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

thatparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

חָפֵ֥ץḥāpēṣ

he desiresverbH2654

any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···

יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

עָ֫שָׂ֥הʿāśāh

he doesverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

בַּ/שָּׁמַ֥יִםbašāmayim

in the heavenspronH8064

astrologer · heaven

וּ/בָ/אָ֑רֶץwbāʾāreṣ

and on the earthconjH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

בַּ֝/יַּמִּ֗יםbayamiym

in the seaspronH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

וְ/כָלwəkāl

and allconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

תְּהוֹמֽוֹתtəhwōmwōt

the deepsnounH8415

depth

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 135:6

1. Very pleasant ought it be to us, and we should rejoice because it is pleasant, to which this Psalm exhorts us. For it says, “Praise the name of the Lord” Psalm 134:1. And it immediately appends the reason, why it is just to praise the name of the Lord. “Praise the Lord, you servants.” What more just? What more worthy? What more thankful?...For if He teaches His own servants who have deserved well of Him, the preachers of His Word, the rulers of His Church, the worshippers…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 135 (excerpt)

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

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