Psalms 38:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:179 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אָ֭מַרְתִּיʾāmarətiy

I saidverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

פֶּןpen

lestconjH6435

that...not

יִשְׂמְחוּyiśəməḥw

they should rejoiceverbH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

לִ֑/יliy

pron

בְּ/מ֥וֹטbəmwōṭ

when slipspronH4131

cast · be out of course · be fallen in decay · exceedingly ···

רַ֝גְלִ֗/יragəliy

foot mynounH7272

be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···

עָלַ֥/יʿālay

on mepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הִגְדִּֽילוּhigədiylw

they magnified themselvesverbH1431

boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···

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 38:17

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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