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Psalms 51:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.


Psalms 51:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 51:57 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
פְ֭שָׁעַ/יpəšāʿay
transgressions mynounH6588
sin · transgression · trespass
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֵדָ֑עʾēdāʿ
I knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
וְ/חַטָּאתִ֖/יwəḥaṭāʾtiy
and sin myconjH2403
purifying · sin(-ner · offering)
נֶגְדִּ֣/יnegədiy
is before mepronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
תָמִֽידtāmiyd
continuallynounH8548
continual (employment · -ly) · daily · ever ···
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 51:5

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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