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Psalms 61:5 — King James Version← Study notes

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.


Psalms 61:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 61:57 words
HebrewMeaning
אָג֣וּרָהʾāgwrāh
let me sojournverbH1481
assemble · be afraid · dwell · fear ···
בְ֭/אָהָלְ/ךָbəʾāhāləkā
in tent yourpronH168
home · tabernacle · tent
עוֹלָמִ֑יםʿwōlāmiym
forevernounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
אֶֽחֱסֶ֨הʾeḥĕseh
let me take refugeverbH2620
make refuge · trust
בְ/סֵ֖תֶרbəsēter
in the shelter ofpronH5643
covering · covert · disguise · hiding place ···
כְּנָפֶ֣י/ךָkənāpeykā
wings yournounH3671
bird · corner · end · feather ···
סֶּֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
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 61:5

1. The title of it does not detain us. For it is Unto the end, in hymns, to David himself. “In hymns,” to wit in praises. “Unto the end,” to wit unto Christ....But the voice in this Psalm (if we are among the members of Him, and in the Body, even as upon His exhortation we have the boldness to trust) we ought to acknowledge to be our own, not that of any foreigner. But I have not so called it our own, as if it were of those only that are now in presence; but our own, as being…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 61
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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