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Psalms 49:4 — King James Version← Study notes

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.


Psalms 49:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 49:46 words
HebrewMeaning
פִּ֭/יpiy
mouth mynounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
יְדַבֵּ֣רyədabēr
it will speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
חָכְמ֑וֹתḥākəmwōt
wisdomnounH2454
every wise
וְ/הָג֖וּתwəhāgwt
and the meditation ofconjH1900
לִבִּ֣/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
תְבוּנֽוֹתtəbwnwōt
will be understandingnounH8394
reason · skilfulness · understanding · wisdom
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 49:4

The First Part. 1. ...“Hear ye these things, all you nations” Psalm 48:1. Not then you only who are here. For of what power is our voice so to cry out, as that all nations may hear? For Our Lord Jesus Christ has proclaimed it through the Apostles, has proclaimed it in so many tongues that He sent; and we see this Psalm, which before was only repeated in one nation, in the Synagogue of the Jews, now repeated throughout the whole world, throughout all Churches; and that…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 49 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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