Psalms 58:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.”

Psalms 58:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 58:68 words

HebrewMeaning

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִ֭שְׁמַעyišəmaʿ

it listensverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

לְ/ק֣וֹלləqwōl

to the sound ofpronH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

מְלַחֲשִׁ֑יםməlaḥăšiym

charmersverbH3907

whisper

חוֹבֵ֖רḥwōbēr

one who castsverbH2266

be compact · couple · have fellowship with · heap up ···

חֲבָרִ֣יםḥăbāriym

spellsnounH2267

charmer · enchantment · wide

מְחֻכָּֽםməḥukām

skillfulverbH2449

exceeding · be (make self · shew self) wise · deal wisely ···

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 58:6

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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