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Psalms 37:11 — King James Version← Study notes

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.


Psalms 37:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:117 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/עֲנָוִ֥יםwaʿănāwiym
and humble peopleconjH6035
lowly · meek · poor. Compare
יִֽירְשׁוּyiyrəšw
they will possessverbH3423
consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···
אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣ
the landnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ֝/הִתְעַנְּג֗וּwəhitəʿanəgw
and they will take delightconjH6026
delight · sport self
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹ֥בrōb
abundance ofnounH7230
all · common · excellent · great(-ly ···
שָׁלֽוֹםšālwōm
well-beingnounH7965
do · fare · favour · friend ···
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 37:11

On the first part of the psalm. 1. With terror do they hear of the coming of the last day, who will not be secure by living well: and who fain would live ill, long. But it was for useful purposes that God willed that day to remain unknown; that the heart may be ever ready to expect that of which it knows it is to come, but knows not when it is to come. Seeing, however, that our Lord Jesus Christ was sent to us to be our “Master,” He said, that “of the day not even the Son of…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 37 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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