Psalms 71:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.”

Psalms 71:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:238 words

HebrewMeaning

תְּרַנֵּ֣נָּ֣הtəranēnāh

they will sing for joyverbH7442

cry out · be joyful (greatly · make to) rejoice · shout ···

שְׂ֭פָתַ/יśəpātay

lips mynounH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

כִּ֣יkiy

ifconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אֲזַמְּרָהʾăzamərāh

I will make musicverbH2167

sing forth praises · psalms

לָּ֑/ךְlākə

pron

וְ֝/נַפְשִׁ֗/יwənapəšiy

and self myconjH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

פָּדִֽיתָpādiytā

you have redeemedverbH6299

at all · by any means · ransom · (that are to be ···

ℹWords 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 71:23

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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