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Psalms 37:12 — King James Version← Study notes

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.


Psalms 37:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:126 words
HebrewMeaning
זֹמֵ֣םzōmēm
is plottingverbH2161
devise · imagine · plot · purpose ···
רָ֭שָׁעrāšāʿ
the wickedadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
לַ/צַּדִּ֑יקlaṣadiyq
to the righteouspronH6662
lawful · righteous
וְ/חֹרֵ֖קwəḥōrēq
and is gnashingconjH2786
עָלָ֣י/וʿālāyw
towards himpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שִׁנָּֽי/וšināyw
teeth hisnounH8127
forefront · ivory · sharp · tooth
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 37:12

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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