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Psalms 63:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.


Psalms 63:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 63:46 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ט֣וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
חַ֭סְדְּ/ךָḥasədəkā
covenant loyalty yournounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
מֵֽ/חַיִּ֗יםmēḥayiym
more than lifepronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
שְׂפָתַ֥/יśəpātay
lips mynounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
יְשַׁבְּחֽוּ/נְךָyəšabəḥwnəkā
they will extol youverbH7623
glory · keep in · praise · still ···
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 63:4

1. This psalm has the title, “For David himself, when he was in the desert of Idumæa.” By the name of Idumæa is understood this world. For Idumæa was a certain nation of men going astray, where idols were worshipped. In no good sense is put this Idumæa. If not in a good sense it is put, it must be understood that this life, wherein we suffer so great toils, and wherein to so great necessities we are made subject, by the name of Idumæa is signified. Even here is a desert where…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 63 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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