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Psalms 59:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?


Psalms 59:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 59:76 words
HebrewMeaning
יָשׁ֣וּבוּyāšwbw
they returnverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
לָ֭/עֶרֶבlāʿereb
to eveningpronH6153
day · tide) · night
יֶהֱמ֥וּyehĕmw
they growlverbH1993
concourse · cry aloud · be disquieted · loud ···
כַ/כָּ֗לֶבkakāleb
like dogpronH3611
וִ/יס֥וֹבְבוּwiyswōbəbw
so they may go aroundconjH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
עִֽירʿiyr
the citynounH5892
city · court · town
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 59:7

The First Part. 1. As the Scripture is wont to set mysteries of the Psalms on the titles, and to deck the brow of a Psalm with the high announcement of a Mystery, in order that we that are about to go in may know (when as it were upon the door-post we have read what within is doing) either of whom the house is, or who is the owner of that estate: so also in this Psalm there has been written a title, of a title. For it has, “At the end, corrupt not for David himself unto the…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 59 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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