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Psalms 58:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.


Psalms 58:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 58:78 words
HebrewMeaning
אֱֽלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הֲרָסhărās
break awayverbH2040
break (down · through) · destroy · overthrow ···
שִׁנֵּ֥י/מוֹšinēymwō
teeth theirnounH8127
forefront · ivory · sharp · tooth
בְּ/פִ֑י/מוֹbəpiymwō
in mouth theirpronH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
מַלְתְּע֥וֹתmalətəʿwōt
the teeth ofnounH4459
כְּ֝פִירִ֗יםkəpiyriym
young lionsnounH3715
village. Compare
נְתֹ֣ץnətōṣ
break offverbH5422
break down · cast down · destroy · overthrow ···
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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 58:7

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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