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Psalms 6:5 — King James Version← Study notes

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?


Psalms 6:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 6:57 words
HebrewMeaning
שׁוּבָ֣/הšwbāh
return !verbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
חַלְּצָ֣/הḥaləṣāh
rescue !verbH2502
(go · ready) armed ( man · soldier) · deliver ···
נַפְשִׁ֑/יnapəšiy
life mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
ה֝וֹשִׁיעֵ֗/נִיhwōšiyʿēniy
save meverbH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan
on account ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
חַסְדֶּֽ/ךָḥasədekā
covenant loyalty yournounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
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 6:5

To the end, in the hymns of the eighth, a psalm to David. 1. “Of the eighth,” seems here obscure. For the rest of this title is more clear. Now it has seemed to some to intimate the day of judgment, that is, the time of the coming of our Lord, when He will come to judge the quick and dead. Which coming, it is believed, is to be, after reckoning the years from Adam, seven thousand years: so as that seven thousand years should pass as seven days, and afterwards that time…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 6 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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