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Psalms 37:22 — King James Version← Study notes

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.


Psalms 37:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:226 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מְ֭בֹרָכָי/וməbōrākāyw
blessed ones hisverbH1288
abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···
יִ֣ירְשׁוּyiyrəšw
they will possessverbH3423
consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···
אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣ
the landnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וּ֝/מְקֻלָּלָ֗י/וwməqulālāyw
and cursed ones hisconjH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
יִכָּרֵֽתוּyikārētw
they will be cut offverbH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
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 37:22

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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