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Psalms 73:18 — King James Version← Study notes

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.


Psalms 73:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 73:186 words
HebrewMeaning
אַ֣ךְʾakə
surelyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
בַּ֭/חֲלָקוֹתbaḥălāqwōt
on slippery placespronH2513
flattering · ground · parcel · part ···
תָּשִׁ֣יתtāšiyt
you setverbH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
לָ֑/מוֹlāmwō
pron
הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗/םhipalətām
you make fall themverbH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
לְ/מַשּׁוּאֽוֹתləmašwʾwōt
to deceptionspronH4876
destruction
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 73:18

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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