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Psalms 50:12 — King James Version← Study notes

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.


Psalms 50:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 50:129 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֶ֭רְעַבʾerəʿab
I will be hungryverbH7456
(be · have · suffer · suffer to) hunger
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֹ֣מַרʾōmar
I will tellverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ֑/ךְlākə
pron
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לִ֥/יliy
pron
תֵ֝בֵ֗לtēbēl
the worldnounH8398
world
וּ/מְלֹאָֽ/הּwməlōʾāh
and what fills itconjH4393
all along · all that is in · full · fulness ···
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 50:12

1. How much avails the Word of God to us for the correction of our life, both regarding His rewards to be expected, and His punishments to be feared, let each one measure in himself; and let him put his conscience without deceit before His eyes, and not flatter himself in a danger so great: for you see that even our Lord God Himself does flatter no one: though He comforts us by promising His blessings, and by strengthening our hope; yet them that live ill and despise His word…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 50 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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