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Psalms 37:17 — King James Version← Study notes

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.


Psalms 37:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:177 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
זְרוֹע֣וֹתzərwōʿwōt
the arms ofnounH2220
help · mighty · power · shoulder ···
רְ֭שָׁעִיםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
תִּשָּׁבַ֑רְנָהtišābarənāh
they will be brokenverbH7665
off · in pieces · up) · broken ···
וְ/סוֹמֵ֖ךְwəswōmēkə
and is sustainingconjH5564
establish · hold · lay · lean ···
צַדִּיקִ֣יםṣadiyqiym
righteous peopleadjH6662
lawful · righteous
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
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 37:17

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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