Psalms 15:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.”

Psalms 15:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 15:411 words

HebrewMeaning

נִבְזֶ֤הnibəzeh

is despisedverbH959

disdain · contemn · think to scorn · vile person

בְּֽ/עֵ֘ינָ֤י/וbəʿēynāyw

in view hispronH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

נִמְאָ֗סniməʾās

a rejected personverbH3988

cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

andconjH853

יִרְאֵ֣יyirəʾēy

those fearingadjH3373

fear

יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

יְכַבֵּ֑דyəkabēd

he honorsverbH3513

more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···

נִשְׁבַּ֥עnišəbaʿ

he swearsverbH7650

charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for

לְ֝/הָרַ֗עləhāraʿ

to do harmpronH7489

associate selves (by mistake for

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָמִֽרyāmir

he changesverbH4171

at all · remove

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 15:4

A psalm of David himself. 1. Touching this title there is no question. “O Lord who shall sojourn in Your tabernacle?” Psalm 14:1. Although tabernacle be sometimes used even for an everlasting habitation: yet when tabernacle is taken in its proper meaning, it is a thing of war. Hence soldiers are called tent-fellows, as having their tents together. This sense is assisted by the words, “Who shall sojourn?” For we war with the devil for a time, and then we need a tabernacle…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 15

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

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