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Psalms 73:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?


Psalms 73:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 73:117 words
HebrewMeaning
וְֽ/אָמְר֗וּwəʾāmərw
and they sayconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵיכָ֥הʾēykāh
how?particleH349
what
יָדַֽעyādaʿ
does he knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֵ֑לʾēl
GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
וְ/יֵ֖שׁwəyēš
and is there?conjH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
דֵּעָ֣הdēʿāh
knowledgenounH1844
בְ/עֶלְיֽוֹןbəʿeləywōn
with the Most HighpronH5945
on) high(-er · -est) · upper
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 73:11

1. This Psalm has an inscription, that is, a title, “There have failed the hymns of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm of Asaph himself.” So many Psalms we have on the titles whereof is written the name David, nowhere there is added, “son of Jesse,” except in this alone. Which we must believe has not been done to no purpose, nor capriciously. For everywhere God does make intimations to us, and to the understanding thereof does invite the godly study of love. What is, “there…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 73 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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