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Psalms 73:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.


Psalms 73:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 73:215 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֭יkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץyitəḥamēṣ
it was embitteredverbH2556
dyed · be grieved · leavened
לְבָבִ֑/יləbābiy
heart mynounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
וְ֝/כִלְיוֹתַ֗/יwəkiləywōtay
and kidneys myconjH3629
reins
אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽןʾešətwōnān
I was piercedverbH8150
sharp · teach diligently · whet
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 73:21

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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