Psalms 34:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

Psalms 34:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 34:18 words

HebrewMeaning

לְ/דָוִ֗דlədāwid

of DavidpronH1732

בְּ/שַׁנּוֹת֣/וֹbəšanwōtwō

when changed hepronH8138

strike) again · alter · double · change ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

טַ֭עְמ/וֹṭaʿəmwō

sense hisnounH2940

behaviour · decree · discretion · judgment ···

לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy

beforepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְʾăbiymelekə

AbimelechnounH40

וַֽ֝/יְגָרֲשֵׁ֗/הוּwayəgārăšēhw

and he drove away himconjH1644

divorced · drive away (forth · out) · expel ···

וַ/יֵּלַֽךְwayēlakə

and he wentconjH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

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 34:1

A psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, and he sent him away, and he departed. 1. Because there was there a sacrifice after the order of Aaron, and afterwards He of His Own Body and Blood appointed a sacrifice after the order of Melchizedek; He changed then His Countenance in the Priesthood, and sent away the kingdom of the Jews, and came to the Gentiles. What then is, “He affected”? He was full of affection. For what is so full of affection as…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 34 (excerpt)

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

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