Psalms 51:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.”

Psalms 51:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 51:87 words

HebrewMeaning

הֵןhēn

here!particleH2005

if · lo · though

אֱ֭מֶתʾĕmet

faithfulnessnounH571

establishment · faithful · right · sure ···

חָפַ֣צְתָּḥāpaṣətā

you desireverbH2654

any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···

בַ/טֻּח֑וֹתbaṭuḥwōt

in the covered placespronH2910

וּ֝/בְ/סָתֻ֗םwbəsātum

and in a place kept secretconjH5640

hidden · secret · shut out · stop

חָכְמָ֥הḥākəmāh

wisdomnounH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

תוֹדִיעֵֽ/נִיtwōdiyʿēniy

you cause to know meverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

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 51:8

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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