Psalms 36:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.”

Psalms 36:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 36:210 words

HebrewMeaning

נְאֻֽםnəʾum

the utterance ofnounH5002

saith

פֶּ֣שַׁעpešaʿ

transgressionnounH6588

sin · transgression · trespass

לָ֭/רָשָׁעlārāšāʿ

to wicked personpronH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

בְּ/קֶ֣רֶבbəqereb

is in the midst ofpronH7130

among · before · unto charge · eat ···

לִבִּ֑/יlibiy

heart mynounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

אֵֽיןʾēyn

notparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

פַּ֥חַדpaḥad

the fear ofnounH6343

fear · great (fear · -ly feared) · terror

אֱ֝לֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

לְ/נֶ֣גֶדləneged

is to beforepronH5048

against · aloof · far · from ···

עֵינָֽי/וʿēynāyw

eyes hisnounH5869

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

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 36:2

1. ...“The ungodly has said in himself that he will sin: there is no fear of God before his eyes” Psalm 35:1. Not of one man, but of a race of ungodly men he speaks, who fight against their own selves, by not understanding, that so they may live well; not because they cannot, but because they will not. For it is one thing, when one endeavours to understand some thing, and through infirmity of flesh cannot; as says the Scripture in a certain place, “For the corruptible body…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 36 (excerpt)

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