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Psalms 51:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.


Psalms 51:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 51:96 words
HebrewMeaning
תְּחַטְּאֵ֣/נִיtəḥaṭəʾēniy
you will cleanse from sin meverbH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
בְ/אֵז֣וֹבbəʾēzwōb
with hyssoppronH231
וְ/אֶטְהָ֑רwəʾeṭəhār
so I may be pureconjH2891
make self · pronounce) clean · cleanse · purge ···
תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗/נִיtəkabəsēniy
you will wash meverbH3526
wash
וּ/מִ/שֶּׁ֥לֶגwmišeleg
and more than snowconjH7950
אַלְבִּֽיןʾaləbiyn
I will become whiteverbH3835
be (made · make) white
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 51:9

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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