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Psalms 62:11 — King James Version← Study notes

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.


Psalms 62:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 62:1112 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּבְטְח֣וּtibəṭəḥw
you trustverbH982
secure · sure) · careless (one · woman) ···
בְ/עֹשֶׁק֮bəʿōšeq
in extortionpronH6233
extortion · oppression · thing
וּ/בְ/גָזֵ֪לwbəgāzēl
and in robberyconjH1498
thing taken away by violence
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּtehəbālw
you put vain hopeverbH1891
make) vain
חַ֤יִלḥayil
wealthnounH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
כִּֽיkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָנ֑וּבyānwb
it will bear fruitverbH5107
make cheerful · increase
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תָּשִׁ֥יתוּtāšiytw
you setverbH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
לֵֽבlēb
heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
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 62:11

1. The title of it is, “Unto the end, in behalf of Idithun, a Psalm to David himself.” I recollect that already to you has been explained what Idithun is....Let us see how far he has leaped over, and whom he has “leaped over,” and in what place, though he has leaped over certain men, he is situate, whence as from a kind of spiritual and secure position he may behold what is below....He being set, I say, in a certain fortified place, does say, “Shall not my soul be subject to…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 62 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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