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Psalms 68:21 — King James Version← Study notes

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.


Psalms 68:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 68:218 words
HebrewMeaning
הָ֤/אֵ֣לhāʾēl
GodparticleH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
לָ/נוּ֮lānw
pron
אֵ֤לʾēl
is a GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
לְֽ/מוֹשָׁ֫ע֥וֹתləmwōšāʿwōt
of saving actspronH4190
וְ/לֵ/יהוִ֥הwəlēyhwih
and belong to YahwehconjH3069
אֲדֹנָ֑/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
לַ֝/מָּ֗וֶתlamāwet
to deathpronH4194
death · die
תּוֹצָאֽוֹתtwōṣāʾwōt
escapesnounH8444
going forth · issues · outgoings
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 68:21

1. Of this Psalm, the title seems not to need operose discussion: for simple and easy it appears. For thus it stands: “For the end, for David himself a Psalm of a Song.” But in many Psalms already we have reminded you what is “at the end: for the end of the Law is Christ for righteousness to every man believing:” Romans 10:4 He is the end which makes perfect, not that which consumes or destroys. Nevertheless, if any one endeavours to inquire, what means, “a Psalm of a Song:”…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 68 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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