Psalms 139:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.”

Psalms 139:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:1210 words

HebrewMeaning

גַּםgam

alsoparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

חֹשֶׁךְ֮ḥōšekə

darknessnounH2822

night · obscurity

לֹֽאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַחְשִׁ֪יךְyaḥəšiykə

it is too darkverbH2821

be dark · darken · cause darkness · be dim ···

מִ֫מֶּ֥/ךָmimekā

for youpronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

וְ֭/לַיְלָהwəlayəlāh

and nightconjH3915

כַּ/יּ֣וֹםkaywōm

like the daypronH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

יָאִ֑ירyāʾiyr

it shinesverbH215

break of day · kindle · (be · en- ···

כַּ֝/חֲשֵׁיכָ֗הkaḥăšēykāh

as darknesspronH2825

כָּ/אוֹרָֽהkāʾwōrāh

as the lightpronH219

light

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 139:12

1. ...Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He makes Himself one with us; as it is said, “they two shall be one flesh.” Wherefore also the Lord says in the Gospel, speaking of marriage, “therefore they are no more two, but one flesh.” One flesh, because of our mortality He took flesh; not one divinity, for He is the Creator, we the creature. Whatsoever then our Lord speaks in the person of the Flesh He took upon…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 139 (excerpt)

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