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Psalms 38:6 — King James Version← Study notes

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.


Psalms 38:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:65 words
HebrewMeaning
הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּhibəʾiyšw
they stinkverbH887
loathsome · odious) · (cause a · make to) stink ···
נָ֭מַקּוּnāmaqw
they festerverbH4743
be corrupt · dissolve · pine away
חַבּוּרֹתָ֑/יḥabwrōtāy
wounds mynounH2250
bruise · hurt · stripe · wound
מִ֝/פְּנֵ֗יmipənēy
because ofpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אִוַּלְתִּֽ/יʾiwalətiy
folly mynounH200
foolishly
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 38:6

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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