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Psalms 61:7 — King James Version← Study notes

He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.


Psalms 61:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 61:79 words
HebrewMeaning
יָמִ֣יםyāmiym
daysnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
עַלʿal
topronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יְמֵיyəmēy
the days ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə
the kingnounH4428
royal
תּוֹסִ֑יףtwōsiyp
you will addverbH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
שְׁ֝נוֹתָ֗י/וšənwōtāyw
years hisnounH8141
whole age · long · old
כְּמוֹkəmwō
be likepronH3644
as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···
דֹ֥רdōr
a generationnounH1755
evermore · generation · ever · posterity
וָ/דֹֽרwādōr
and a generationconjH1755
evermore · generation · ever · posterity
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 61:7

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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