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Psalms 34:12 — King James Version← Study notes

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?


Psalms 34:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 34:127 words
HebrewMeaning
לְֽכוּləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
בָ֭נִיםbāniym
O childrennounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
שִׁמְעוּšiməʿw
listenverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
לִ֑/יliy
pron
יִֽרְאַ֥תyirəʾat
the fear ofnounH3374
dreadful · exceedingly
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֲלַמֶּדְ/כֶֽםʾălamedəkem
I will teach youverbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
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 34:12

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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