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Psalms 53:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.


Psalms 53:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 53:615 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׁ֤םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
פָּֽחֲדוּpāḥădw
they fearedverbH6342
stand in awe · fear · make to shake
פַחַד֮paḥad
a fearnounH6343
fear · great (fear · -ly feared) · terror
לֹאlōʾ
which notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָ֪יָה֫hāyāh
it wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
פָ֥חַדpāḥad
fearnounH6343
fear · great (fear · -ly feared) · terror
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
פִּ֭זַּרpizar
he has scatteredverbH6340
scatter
עַצְמ֣וֹתʿaṣəmwōt
the bones ofnounH6106
bone · life · same · strength ···
חֹנָ֑/ךְḥōnākə
one who encamped against youverbH2583
camp · dwell · encamp · grow to an end ···
הֱ֝בִשֹׁ֗תָהhĕbišōtāh
you have put them to shameverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֱלֹהִ֥יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מְאָסָֽ/םməʾāsām
he has rejected themverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
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 53:6

1. Of this Psalm we undertake to treat with you, as far as the Lord supplies us. A brother bids us that we may have the will, and prays that we may have the power. If anything in haste perchance I shall have passed over, He that even to us deigns to give what we shall be enabled to say, will supply it in you. The title of it is: “At the end, for Maeleth, understanding to David himself.” “For Maeleth,” as we find in interpretations of Hebrew names, seems to say, For one…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 53 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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