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Psalms 37:18 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.


Psalms 37:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:187 words
HebrewMeaning
יוֹדֵ֣עַywōdēʿa
is knowingverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
יְמֵ֣יyəmēy
the days ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
תְמִימִ֑םtəmiymim
blameless peopleadjH8549
complete · full · perfect · sincerely ···
וְ֝/נַחֲלָתָ֗/םwənaḥălātām
and inheritance theirconjH5159
to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare
לְ/עוֹלָ֥םləʿwōlām
for everpronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
תִּהְיֶֽהtihəyeh
it will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
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 37:18

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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