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Psalms 39:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.


Psalms 39:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 39:1213 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּֽ/תוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹתbətwōkāḥwōt
with rebukespronH8433
chastened · correction · reasoning · rebuke ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עָוֺ֨ןʿāwōn
iniquitynounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
יִסַּ֬רְתָּyisarətā
you have disciplinedverbH3256
chasten · chastise · correct · instruct ···
אִ֗ישׁʾiyš
a personnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וַ/תֶּ֣מֶסwatemes
and you have meltedconjH4529
melt · water
כָּ/עָ֣שׁkāʿāš
like mothpronH6211
חֲמוּד֑/וֹḥămwdwō
desired thing hisverbH2530
greatly beloved · covet · delectable thing · delight ···
אַ֤ךְʾakə
is onlyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
הֶ֖בֶלhebel
vanitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אָדָ֣םʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
סֶֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
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 39:12

1. The title of this Psalm, which we have just chanted and proposed to discuss, is, “On the end, for Idithun, a Psalm for David himself.” Here then we must look for, and must attend to, the words of a certain person who is called Idithun; and if each one of ourselves may be Idithun, in that which he sings he recognises himself, and hears himself speak. For you may see who was called Idithun, according to the ancient descent of man; let us, however, understand what this name…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 39 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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