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Psalms 37:21 — King James Version← Study notes

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.


Psalms 37:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:217 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹוֶ֣הlōweh
is borrowingverbH3867
borrow · cleave · join · lend
רָ֭שָׁעrāšāʿ
the wickedadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יְשַׁלֵּ֑םyəšalēm
he repaysverbH7999
end · finish · full · give again ···
וְ֝/צַדִּ֗יקwəṣadiyq
and the righteousconjH6662
lawful · righteous
חוֹנֵ֥ןḥwōnēn
is showing favorverbH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
וְ/נוֹתֵֽןwənwōtēn
and givingconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
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 37:21

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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