Psalms 39:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.”

Psalms 39:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 39:211 words

HebrewMeaning

אָמַ֗רְתִּיʾāmarətiy

I saidverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣הʾešəmərāh

I will guardverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

דְרָכַ/י֮dərākay

ways mynounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

מֵ/חֲט֪וֹאmēḥăṭwōʾ

from sinningpronH2398

cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···

בִ/לְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥/יbiləšwōniy

with tongue mypronH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

אֶשְׁמְרָ֥הʾešəmərāh

I will keepverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

לְ/פִ֥/יləpiy

to mouth mypronH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

מַחְס֑וֹםmaḥəswōm

a muzzlenounH4269

בְּ/עֹ֖דbəʿōd

againstpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

רָשָׁ֣עrāšāʿ

the wickedadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

לְ/נֶגְדִּֽ/יlənegədiy

is to before mepronH5048

against · aloof · far · from ···

ℹWords 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 39:2

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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