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Psalms 34:14 — King James Version← Study notes

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.


Psalms 34:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 34:146 words
HebrewMeaning
נְצֹ֣רnəṣōr
keepverbH5341
hidden thing · keep(-er · -ing) · monument ···
לְשׁוֹנְ/ךָ֣ləšwōnəkā
tongue yournounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
מֵ/רָ֑עmērāʿ
from evilpronH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וּ֝/שְׂפָתֶ֗י/ךָwśəpāteykā
and lips yourconjH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
מִ/דַּבֵּ֥רmidabēr
from speakingpronH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
מִרְמָֽהmirəmāh
deceitnounH4820
deceit(-ful · -fully) · false · feigned ···
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 34:14

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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