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Psalms 68:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.


Psalms 68:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 68:47 words
HebrewMeaning
וְֽ/צַדִּיקִ֗יםwəṣadiyqiym
and righteous peopleconjH6662
lawful · righteous
יִשְׂמְח֣וּyiśəməḥw
may they be gladverbH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
יַֽ֭עַלְצוּyaʿaləṣw
may they exultverbH5970
rejoice · triumph
לִ/פְנֵ֥יlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וְ/יָשִׂ֥ישׂוּwəyāśiyśw
and may they rejoiceconjH7797
greatly · joy · make mirth · rejoice
בְ/שִׂמְחָֽהbəśiməḥāh
with gladnesspronH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
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 68:4

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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