Psalms 36:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.”

Psalms 36:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 36:47 words

HebrewMeaning

דִּבְרֵיdibərēy

the words ofnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

פִ֭י/וpiyw

mouth hisnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

אָ֣וֶןʾāwen

are wickednessnounH205

evil · false · idol · iniquity ···

וּ/מִרְמָ֑הwmirəmāh

and deceitconjH4820

deceit(-ful · -fully) · false · feigned ···

חָדַ֖לḥādal

he has ceasedverbH2308

end · fall · forbear · forsake ···

לְ/הַשְׂכִּ֣ילləhaśəkiyl

to act prudentlypronH7919

expert · instruct · prosper · prudent ···

לְ/הֵיטִֽיבləhēyṭiyb

to do goodpronH3190

amend · use aright · benefit · be better ···

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 36:4

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)

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

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