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Psalms 38:13 — King James Version← Study notes

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.


Psalms 38:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:1311 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְנַקְשׁ֤וּwayənaqəšw
and they set trapsconjH5367
מְבַקְשֵׁ֬יməbaqəšēy
those who seekverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
נַפְשִׁ֗/יnapəšiy
life mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וְ/דֹרְשֵׁ֣יwədōrəšēy
and those who seekconjH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
רָ֭עָתִ/יrāʿātiy
harm mynounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
דִּבְּר֣וּdibərw
they have spokenverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
הַוּ֑וֹתhawwōt
destructionnounH1942
iniquity · mischief · mischievous · naughtiness ···
וּ֝/מִרְמ֗וֹתwmirəmwōt
and deceitconjH4820
deceit(-ful · -fully) · false · feigned ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/יּ֥וֹםhaywōm
the dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
יֶהְגּֽוּyehəgw
they deviseverbH1897
meditate · mourn · mutter · roar ···
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 38:13

A psalm to David himself, on the remembrance of the Sabbath. 1. What does this recollection of the Sabbath mean? What is this Sabbath? For it is with groaning that he “calls it to recollection.” You have both heard already when the Psalm was read, and you will now hear it when we shall go over it, how great is his groaning, his mourning, his tears, his misery. But happy he who is wretched after this manner! Whence the Lord also in the Gospel Matthew 5:4 called some who mourn…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 38 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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