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Psalms 49:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?


Psalms 49:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 49:56 words
HebrewMeaning
אַטֶּ֣הʾaṭeh
I will inclineverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
לְ/מָשָׁ֣לləmāšāl
to a proverbpronH4912
like · parable · proverb
אָזְנִ֑/יʾāzəniy
ear mynounH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
אֶפְתַּ֥חʾepətaḥ
I will openverbH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
בְּ֝/כִנּ֗וֹרbəkinwōr
with a harppronH3658
חִידָתִֽ/יḥiydātiy
riddle mynounH2420
speech) · hard question · proverb · riddle
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 49:5

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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