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Psalms 51:17 — King James Version← Study notes

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.


Psalms 51:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 51:176 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲ֭דֹנָ/יʾădōnāy
O LordnounH136
שְׂפָתַ֣/יśəpātay
lips mynounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
תִּפְתָּ֑חtipətāḥ
you will openverbH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
וּ֝/פִ֗/יwpiy
and mouth myconjH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
יַגִּ֥ידyagiyd
it will declareverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
תְּהִלָּתֶֽ/ךָtəhilātekā
praise yournounH8416
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 51:17

1. Neither must this multitude's throng be defrauded, nor their infirmity burthened. Silence we ask, and quiet, in order that our voice, after yesterday's labour, be able with some little vigour to last out. It must be believed, that your love has met together in greater numbers today for nothing else, but that you may pray for those whom an alien and perverse inclination does keep away. For we are speaking neither of heathens nor of Jews, but of Christians: nor of those that…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 51 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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