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Psalms 37:31 — King James Version← Study notes

The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.


Psalms 37:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:316 words
HebrewMeaning
תּוֹרַ֣תtwōrat
the law ofnounH8451
אֱלֹהָ֣י/וʾĕlōhāyw
God hisnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בְּ/לִבּ֑/וֹbəlibwō
is in heart hispronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לֹ֖אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִמְעַ֣דtiməʿad
it slipsverbH4571
slide · slip
אֲשֻׁרָי/וʾăšurāyw
steps hisnounH838
step
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 37:31

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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