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Psalms 40:9 — King James Version← Study notes

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.


Psalms 40:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 40:97 words
HebrewMeaning
לַֽ/עֲשֽׂוֹתlaʿăśwōt
to dopronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
רְצוֹנְ/ךָ֣rəṣwōnəkā
will yournounH7522
-ed) · delight · desire · favour ···
אֱלֹהַ֣/יʾĕlōhay
O God mynounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
חָפָ֑צְתִּיḥāpāṣətiy
I desireverbH2654
any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···
וְ֝/ת֥וֹרָתְ/ךָ֗wətwōrātəkā
and law yourconjH8451
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְbətwōkə
is in the midst ofpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
מֵעָֽ/יmēʿāy
inward parts mynounH4578
bowels · heart · womb
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 40:9

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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