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Psalms 147:17 — King James Version← Study notes

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?


Psalms 147:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 147:177 words
HebrewMeaning
מַשְׁלִ֣יךְmašəliykə
the one who throwsverbH7993
cast (away · down · forth · off ···
קַֽרְח֣/וֹqarəḥwō
ice hisnounH7140
frost · ice
כְ/פִתִּ֑יםkəpitiym
like crumbspronH6595
morsel · piece
לִ/פְנֵ֥יlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
קָ֝רָת֗/וֹqārātwō
coldness hisnounH7135
מִ֣יmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יַעֲמֹֽדyaʿămōd
will he standverbH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
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 147:17

1. It is said to us, “Praise the Lord” Psalm 146:1. This is said to all nations, not to us alone. And these words, sounded forth through separate places by the Readers, each Church hears separately; but the one same Voice of God proclaims unto all, that we praise Him. And as though we asked wherefore we ought to praise the Lord, behold what reason he has brought forward: “Praise the Lord,” he says, “for a Psalm is good.” Is this all the reward of them that praise?...The…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 147 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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