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Psalms 148:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:


Psalms 148:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 148:126 words
HebrewMeaning
בַּחוּרִ֥יםbaḥwriym
O young mennounH970
chosen · hole
וְ/גַםwəgam
and alsoconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
בְּתוּל֑וֹתbətwlwōt
young womennounH1330
virgin
זְ֝קֵנִ֗יםzəqēniym
old peopleadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
נְעָרִֽיםnəʿāriym
youthsnounH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
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 148:12

1. The subject of our meditation in this present life should be the praises of God; for the everlasting exaltation of our life hereafter will be the praise of God, and none can become fit for the life hereafter, who has not practised himself for it now. So then now we praise God, but we pray to Him too. Our praise is marked by joy, our prayer by groans....On account of these two seasons, one, that which now is in the temptations and tribulations of this life, the other, that…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 148 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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