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Psalms 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.


Psalms 5:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 5:48 words
HebrewMeaning
יְֽהוָ֗הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בֹּ֭קֶרbōqer
morningnounH1242
early · morning · morrow
תִּשְׁמַ֣עtišəmaʿ
you hearverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
קוֹלִ֑/יqwōliy
voice mynounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
בֹּ֥קֶרbōqer
morningnounH1242
early · morning · morrow
אֶֽעֱרָךְʾeʿĕrākə
I arrangeverbH6186
self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···
לְ֝/ךָ֗ləkā
pron
וַ/אֲצַפֶּֽהwaʾăṣapeh
so I may watchconjH6822
espy · look up · wait for · watch
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 5:4

1. The title of the Psalm is, “For her who receives the inheritance.” The Church then is signified, who receives for her inheritance eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ; that she may possess God Himself, in cleaving to whom she may be blessed, according to that, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.” Matthew 5:5 What earth, but that of which it is said, “You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living”? And again more clearly, “The Lord is the…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 5 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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