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Psalms 62:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.


Psalms 62:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 62:912 words
HebrewMeaning
בִּטְח֘וּbiṭəḥw
trustverbH982
secure · sure) · careless (one · woman) ···
ב֤/וֹbwō
pron
בְ/כָלbəkāl
at everypronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֵ֨תʿēt
timenounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
עָ֗םʿām
O peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
שִׁפְכֽוּšipəkw
pour outverbH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
לְ/פָנָ֥י/וləpānāyw
before himpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
לְבַבְ/כֶ֑םləbabəkem
heart yournounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
אֱלֹהִ֖יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מַחֲסֶהmaḥăseh
is a refugenounH4268
refuge · shelter · trust
לָּ֣/נוּlānw
pron
סֶֽלָהselāh
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 62:9

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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