Psalms 58:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.”

Psalms 58:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 58:119 words

HebrewMeaning

יִשְׂמַ֣חyiśəmaḥ

he will rejoiceverbH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

צַ֭דִּיקṣadiyq

the righteousadjH6662

lawful · righteous

כִּיkiy

ifconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

חָזָ֣הḥāzāh

he has seenverbH2372

look · prophesy · provide · see

נָקָ֑םnāqām

vengeancenounH5359

avenged · vengeance

פְּעָמָ֥י/וpəʿāmāyw

feet hisnounH6471

corner · foot · going · fold ···

יִ֝רְחַ֗ץyirəḥaṣ

he will batheverbH7364

wash

בְּ/דַ֣םbədam

in the blood ofpronH1818

-guiltiness · innocent

הָ/רָשָֽׁעhārāšāʿ

the wickedparticleH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

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 58:11

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)

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