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Psalms 39:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.


Psalms 39:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 39:614 words
HebrewMeaning
הִנֵּ֤הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
טְפָח֨וֹתṭəpāḥwōt
handbreadthsnounH2947
hand-breadth
נָ֘תַ֤תָּהnātatāh
you have madeverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
יָמַ֗/יyāmay
days mynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
וְ/חֶלְדִּ֣/יwəḥelədiy
and lifespan myconjH2465
short time · world
כְ/אַ֣יִןkəʾayin
is like nothingpronH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
נֶגְדֶּ֑/ךָnegədekā
before youpronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
אַ֥ךְʾakə
is onlyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
כָּֽלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הֶ֥בֶלhebel
vanitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אָ֝דָ֗םʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
נִצָּ֥בniṣāb
which standsverbH5324
deputy · erect · establish · Huzzah ···
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 39:6

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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