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Psalms 38:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.


Psalms 38:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:219 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/מְשַׁלְּמֵ֣יwməšaləmēy
and those who repayconjH7999
end · finish · full · give again ···
רָ֭עָהrāʿāh
evilnounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
in place ofpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
טוֹבָ֑הṭwōbāh
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
יִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּ/נִיyiśəṭənwniy
they accuse meverbH7853
resist
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
in place ofpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
רדופ/יrdwpy
chaseverbH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
רָֽדְפִ/יrādəpiy
chaseverbH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
טֽוֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
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 38:21

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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