Sign in
Psalms 36:7 — King James Version← Study notes

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.


Psalms 36:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 36:710 words
HebrewMeaning
צִדְקָֽתְ/ךָ֨ṣidəqātəkā
righteousness yournounH6666
moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)
כְּֽ/הַרְרֵיkəharərēy
is like the mountains ofpronH2042
mount
אֵ֗לʾēl
GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶ/ךָmišəpāṭekā
ceremonynounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
תְּה֣וֹםtəhwōm
are the deepnounH8415
depth
רַבָּ֑הrabāh
greatadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
אָ֤דָֽםʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
וּ/בְהֵמָ֖הwbəhēmāh
and animalsconjH929
cattle
תוֹשִׁ֣יעַtwōšiyʿa
you deliververbH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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 36:7

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
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!