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Psalms 61:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.


Psalms 61:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 61:69 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אַתָּ֣הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
שָׁמַ֣עְתָּšāmaʿətā
you have listenedverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
לִ/נְדָרָ֑/יlinədārāy
to vows mypronH5088
נָתַ֥תָּnātatā
you have givenverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
יְ֝רֻשַּׁ֗תyərušat
the possession ofnounH3425
inheritance · possession
יִרְאֵ֥יyirəʾēy
those fearingadjH3373
fear
שְׁמֶֽ/ךָšəmekā
name yournounH8034
base · named · renown · report
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 61:6

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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