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Psalms 16:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.


Psalms 16:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 16:414 words
HebrewMeaning
יִרְבּ֥וּyirəbw
they will increaseverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
עַצְּבוֹתָ/ם֮ʿaṣəbwōtām
sorrows theirnounH6094
wound
אַחֵ֪רʾaḥēr
those who another godadjH312
following · next · strange
מָ֫הָ֥רוּmāhārw
they hurried afterverbH4116
fearful · (cause to make · in · make) haste(-n ···
בַּלbal
notparticleH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
אַסִּ֣יךְʾasiykə
I will pour outverbH5258
melt · offer · pour · set
נִסְכֵּי/הֶ֣םnisəkēyhem
drink offerings theirnounH5262
drink offering · molten image
מִ/דָּ֑םmidām
from bloodpronH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
וּֽ/בַלwbal
and notconjH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
אֶשָּׂ֥אʾeśāʾ
I will takeverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שְׁ֝מוֹתָ֗/םšəmwōtām
names theirnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׂפָתָֽ/יśəpātāy
lips mynounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
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 16:4

The inscription of the title, of David himself. 1. Our King in this Psalm speaks in the character of the human nature He assumed, of whom the royal title at the time of His passion was eminently set forth. 2. Now He says as follows; “Preserve me, O Lord, for in You have I hoped” Psalm 15:1: “I have said to the Lord, You are my God, for You require not my goods” Psalm 15:2: for with my goods Thou dost not look to be made blessed. 3. “To the saints who are on His earth”…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 16
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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