Psalms 139:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.”

Psalms 139:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:36 words

HebrewMeaning

אָרְחִ֣/יʾārəḥiy

mannerverbH734

path · race · rank · traveller ···

וְ/רִבְעִ֣/יwəribəʿiy

and lying down myconjH7252

זֵרִ֑יתָzēriytā

you siftverbH2219

compass · disperse · fan · scatter ···

וְֽ/כָלwəkāl

and allconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

דְּרָכַ֥/יdərākay

ways mynounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

הִסְכַּֽנְתָּהhisəkanətāh

you know intimatelyverbH5532

be advantage · ever · (be · ) profit ···

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 139:3

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)

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

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