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Psalms 40:12 — King James Version← Study notes

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.


Psalms 40:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 40:1210 words
HebrewMeaning
אַתָּ֤הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִכְלָ֣אtikəlāʾ
you will withholdverbH3607
forbid · keep · refrain · restrain ···
רַחֲמֶ֣י/ךָraḥămeykā
compassion yournounH7356
compassion · damsel · tender love · (great ···
מִמֶּ֑/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
חַסְדְּ/ךָ֥ḥasədəkā
covenant loyalty yournounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
וַ֝/אֲמִתְּ/ךָ֗waʾămitəkā
and faithfulness yourconjH571
establishment · faithful · right · sure ···
תָּמִ֥ידtāmiyd
continuallynounH8548
continual (employment · -ly) · daily · ever ···
יִצְּרֽוּ/נִיyiṣərwniy
they preserve meverbH5341
hidden thing · keep(-er · -ing) · monument ···
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 40:12

1. Of all those things which our Lord Jesus Christ has foretold, we know part to have been already accomplished, part we hope will be accomplished hereafter. All of them, however, will be fulfilled, because He is “the Truth” who speaks them, and requires of us to be as “faithful,” as He Himself speaks them faithfully.... 2. Let us say then what this Psalm says. “I waited patiently for the Lord” Psalm 39:1. I waited patiently for the promise of no mere mortal who can both…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 40 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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