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Psalms 56:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?


Psalms 56:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 56:88 words
HebrewMeaning
עַלʿal
because ofpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אָ֥וֶןʾāwen
wickednessnounH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
פַּלֶּטpaleṭ
deliveranceverbH6405
escape
לָ֑/מוֹlāmwō
pron
בְּ֝/אַ֗ףbəʾap
in angerpronH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
עַמִּ֤יםʿamiym
peoplesnounH5971
men · nation · people
הוֹרֵ֬דhwōrēd
bring downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֱלֹהִֽיםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
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 56:8

1. Just as when we are going to enter into any house, we look on the title to see whose it is and to whom it belongs, lest perchance inopportunely we burst into a place whereunto we ought not; and again, in order that we may not through timidity withdraw from that which we ought to enter: as if in a word we were to read, These estates belong to such an one or to such an one: so on the lintel of this Psalm we have inscribed, “At the end, for the people that from holy men were…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 56 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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