Psalms 58:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.”

Psalms 58:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 58:109 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/טֶ֤רֶםbəṭerem

beforepronH2962

ere · not yet

יָבִ֣ינוּyābiynw

they will perceiveverbH995

consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···

סִּֽירֹתֵי/כֶ֣םsiyrōtēykem

pots yournounH5518

fishhook · pan · pot · thorn

אָטָ֑דʾāṭād

a thorn bushnounH329

bramble · thorn

כְּמוֹkəmwō

likepronH3644

as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···

חַ֥יḥay

aliveadjH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

כְּמוֹkəmwō

likepronH3644

as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···

חָ֝ר֗וֹןḥārwōn

burningnounH2740

fierce · fury · wrath

יִשְׂעָרֶֽ/נּוּyiśəʿārenw

he will blow away itverbH8175

fear · hurl as a storm · be tempestuous · come like a whirlwind

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 58:10

1. The words which we have sung must be rather hearkened to by us, than proclaimed. For to all men as it were in an assemblage of mankind, the Truth cries, “If truly indeed justice ye speak, judge right things, you sons of men” Psalm 57:1. For to what unjust man is it not an easy thing to speak justice? Or what man if questioned about justice, when he has not a cause, would not easily answer what is just? Inasmuch as the hand of our Maker in our very hearts has written this…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 58 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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