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Psalms 38:2 — King James Version← Study notes

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.


Psalms 38:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:26 words
HebrewMeaning
יְֽהוָ֗הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
בְּ/קֶצְפְּ/ךָ֥bəqeṣəpəkā
in anger yourpronH7110
indignation · sore · wrath
תוֹכִיחֵ֑/נִיtwōkiyḥēniy
you rebuke meverbH3198
argue · chasten · convince · correct ···
וּֽ/בַ/חֲמָתְ/ךָ֥wbaḥămātəkā
and in wrath yourconjH2534
bottles · hot displeasure · furious(-ly · -ry) ···
תְיַסְּרֵֽ/נִיtəyasərēniy
may you chasten meverbH3256
chasten · chastise · correct · instruct ···
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 38:2

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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