Psalms 73:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.”

Psalms 73:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 73:158 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

אָ֭מַרְתִּיʾāmarətiy

I had saidverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֲסַפְּרָ֥הʾăsapərāh

I will speakverbH5608

count; declare · number · penknife · reckon ···

כְמ֑וֹkəmwō

likepronH3644

as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···

הִנֵּ֤הhinēh

here!particleH2009

lo · see

ד֭וֹרdwōr

the generation ofnounH1755

evermore · generation · ever · posterity

בָּנֶ֣י/ךָbāneykā

children yournounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

בָגָֽדְתִּיbāgādətiy

I dealt treacherously withverbH898

unfaithfully) · offend · transgress · treacherous (dealer ···

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 73:15

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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