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Psalms 39:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.


Psalms 39:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 39:511 words
HebrewMeaning
הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤/נִיhwōdiyʿēniy
make known to meverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
קִצִּ֗/יqiṣiy
end mynounH7093
after · end · finite · process
וּ/מִדַּ֣תwmidat
and the measure ofconjH4060
measure(-ing · meteyard · piece · size ···
יָמַ֣/יyāmay
days mynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
הִ֑יאhiyʾ
is itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
אֵ֝דְעָ֗הʾēdəʿāh
let me knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
מֶהmeh
how!particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
חָדֵ֥לḥādēl
fleetingadjH2310
frail · rejected
אָֽנִיʾāniy
am IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
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 39:5

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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