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Psalms 71:6 — King James Version← Study notes

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.


Psalms 71:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:610 words
HebrewMeaning
עָלֶ֤י/ךָʿāleykā
on youpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
נִסְמַ֬כְתִּיnisəmakətiy
I have supported myselfverbH5564
establish · hold · lay · lean ···
מִ/בֶּ֗טֶןmibeṭen
from the wombpronH990
body · as they be born · within · womb
מִ/מְּעֵ֣יmiməʿēy
from the inward parts ofpronH4578
bowels · heart · womb
אִ֭מִּ/יʾimiy
mother mynounH517
mother · parting
אַתָּ֣הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
גוֹזִ֑/יgwōziy
were the one who cut off meverbH1491
בְּ/ךָ֖bəkā
pron
תְהִלָּתִ֣/יtəhilātiy
praise mynounH8416
תָמִֽידtāmiyd
continuallynounH8548
continual (employment · -ly) · daily · ever ···
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 71:6

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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