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Psalms 65:5 — King James Version← Study notes

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:


Psalms 65:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 65:510 words
HebrewMeaning
אַשְׁרֵ֤יʾašərēy
how blessed!nounH835
happy
תִּֽבְחַ֣רtibəḥar
is the one whom you chooseverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
וּ/תְקָרֵב֮wtəqārēb
and you may bring him nearconjH7126
bring (forth · near) · come (near · nigh) ···
יִשְׁכֹּ֪ןyišəkōn
he dwellsverbH7931
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · have habitation ···
חֲצֵ֫רֶ֥י/ךָḥăṣēreykā
courts yournounH2691
tower · village
נִ֭שְׂבְּעָהniśəbəʿāh
may we be satisfiedverbH7646
fill (full · self · with) · be full ···
בְּ/ט֣וּבbəṭwb
by the goodness ofpronH2898
gladness · good(-ness · thing · -s) ···
בֵּיתֶ֑/ךָbēytekā
house yournounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
קְ֝דֹ֗שׁqədōš
the holy place ofadjH6918
saint
הֵיכָלֶֽ/ךָhēykālekā
temple yournounH1964
temple
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 65:5

1. The voice of holy prophecy must be confessed in the very title of this Psalm. It is inscribed, “Unto the end, a Psalm of David, a song of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, on account of the people of transmigration when they were beginning to go forth.” How it fared with our fathers in the time of the transmigration to Babylon, is not known to all, but only to those that diligently study the Holy Scriptures, either by hearing or by reading. For the captive people Israel from the city…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 65 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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