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Psalms 38:16 — King James Version← Study notes

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.


Psalms 38:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:168 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לְ/ךָ֣ləkā
pron
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הוֹחָ֑לְתִּיhwōḥālətiy
I have waitedverbH3176
have · make to) hope · be pained · stay ···
אַתָּ֥הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
תַ֝עֲנֶ֗הtaʿăneh
you will answerverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אֲדֹנָ֥/יʾădōnāy
O LordnounH136
אֱלֹהָֽ/יʾĕlōhāy
God mynounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
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 38:16

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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