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Psalms 37:16 — King James Version← Study notes

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.


Psalms 37:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:166 words
HebrewMeaning
טוֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מְ֭עַטməʿaṭ
the littlenounH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
לַ/צַּדִּ֑יקlaṣadiyq
of the righteouspronH6662
lawful · righteous
מֵ֝/הֲמ֗וֹןmēhămwōn
more than the wealth ofpronH1995
company · many · multitude · multiply ···
רְשָׁעִ֥יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
רַבִּֽיםrabiym
manyadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
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 37:16

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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