Psalms 37:36 — King James Version← Study notes

“Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.”

Psalms 37:36 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:366 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ֭/יַּֽעֲבֹרwayaʿăbōr

and he passed awayconjH5674

alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···

וְ/הִנֵּ֣הwəhinēh

and there!conjH2009

lo · see

אֵינֶ֑/נּוּʾēynenw

there not was heparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

וָֽ֝/אֲבַקְשֵׁ֗/הוּwāʾăbaqəšēhw

and I sought himconjH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

נִמְצָֽאniməṣāʾ

he was foundverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

ℹWords 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 37:36

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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