Psalms 51:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.”

Psalms 51:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 51:611 words

HebrewMeaning

לְ/ךָ֤ləkā

pron

לְ/בַדְּ/ךָ֨ləbadəkā

to alone youpronH905

apart · bar · besides · branch ···

חָטָאתִי֮ḥāṭāʾtiy

I have sinnedverbH2398

cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···

וְ/הָ/רַ֥עwəhāraʿ

and the evilconjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

בְּ/עֵינֶ֗י/ךָbəʿēyneykā

in view yourpronH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

עָ֫שִׂ֥יתִיʿāśiytiy

I have doneverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לְ֭מַעַןləmaʿan

so thatpronH4616

to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···

תִּצְדַּ֥קtiṣədaq

you may be justverbH6663

clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···

בְּ/דָבְרֶ֗/ךָbədābərekā

when speaking youpronH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

תִּזְכֶּ֥הtizəkeh

you will be pureverbH2135

cleanse · be clear · count pure

בְ/שָׁפְטֶֽ/ךָbəšāpəṭekā

when judging youpronH8199

avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···

ℹWords 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 51:6

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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