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Psalms 37:25 — King James Version← Study notes

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.


Psalms 37:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:2511 words
HebrewMeaning
נַ֤עַרnaʿar
a young mannounH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
הָיִ֗יתִיhāyiytiy
I have beenverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זָ֫קַ֥נְתִּיzāqanətiy
I am oldverbH2204
be old
וְֽ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רָ֭אִיתִיrāʾiytiy
I have seenverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
צַדִּ֣יקṣadiyq
the righteousadjH6662
lawful · righteous
נֶעֱזָ֑בneʿĕzāb
forsakenverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
וְ֝/זַרְע֗/וֹwəzarəʿwō
and offspring hisconjH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
מְבַקֶּשׁməbaqeš
seekingverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
לָֽחֶםlāḥem
foodnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
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 37:25

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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