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Psalms 50:21 — King James Version← Study notes

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.


Psalms 50:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 50:2110 words
HebrewMeaning
אֵ֤לֶּהʾēleh
these thingsprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
עָשִׂ֨יתָʿāśiytā
you have doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְֽ/הֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּיwəheḥĕrašətiy
and I kept silentconjH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
דִּמִּ֗יתָdimiytā
you imaginedverbH1819
devise · like · mean · think ···
הֱֽיוֹתhĕywōt
exactlyverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אֶֽהְיֶ֥הʾehəyeh
I amverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כָמ֑וֹ/ךָkāmwōkā
like youpronH3644
as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···
אוֹכִיחֲ/ךָ֖ʾwōkiyḥăkā
I will rebuke youverbH3198
argue · chasten · convince · correct ···
וְ/אֶֽעֶרְכָ֣הwəʾeʿerəkāh
and I will arrangeconjH6186
self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···
לְ/עֵינֶֽי/ךָləʿēyneykā
to eyes yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
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 50:21

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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