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Psalms 71:17 — King James Version← Study notes

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.


Psalms 71:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:177 words
HebrewMeaning
אֱֽלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
לִמַּדְתַּ֥/נִיlimadətaniy
you have taught meverbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
מִ/נְּעוּרָ֑/יminəʿwrāy
since youth mypronH5271
youth
וְ/עַדwəʿad
and untilconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
הֵ֝֗נָּהhēnāh
nowadvH2008
hither · now · on this side · since ···
אַגִּ֥ידʾagiyd
I declareverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽי/ךָnipələʾwōteykā
wonders yourverbH6381
(arise...too · be too) hard · hidden · things too high ···
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 71:17

1. In all the holy Scriptures the grace of God that delivers us commends itself to us, in order that it may have us commended. This is sung of in this Psalm, whereof we have undertaken to speak....This grace the Apostle commends: by this he got to have the Jews for enemies, boasting of the letter of the law and of their own justice. This then commending in the lesson which has been read, he says thus: “For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not worthy to be called an…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 71 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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