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Psalms 38:4 — King James Version← Study notes

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.


Psalms 38:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:410 words
HebrewMeaning
אֵיןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
מְתֹ֣םmətōm
is soundnessnounH4974
בִּ֭/בְשָׂרִ/יbibəśāriy
in flesh mypronH1320
(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···
מִ/פְּנֵ֣יmipənēy
because ofpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
זַעְמֶ֑/ךָzaʿəmekā
indignation yournounH2195
indignation · rage
אֵיןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
שָׁל֥וֹםšālwōm
is healthnounH7965
do · fare · favour · friend ···
בַּ֝/עֲצָמַ֗/יbaʿăṣāmay
in bones mypronH6106
bone · life · same · strength ···
מִ/פְּנֵ֥יmipənēy
because ofpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
חַטָּאתִֽ/יḥaṭāʾtiy
sin mynounH2403
purifying · sin(-ner · offering)
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 38:4

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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