Psalms 73:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.”

Psalms 73:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 73:278 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

הִנֵּ֣הhinēh

there!particleH2009

lo · see

רְחֵקֶ֣י/ךָrəḥēqeykā

people far from youadjH7369

יֹאבֵ֑דוּyōʾbēdw

they will perishverbH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּהhiṣəmatāh

you destroyverbH6789

cut off · destroy · vanish

כָּלkāl

everynounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

זוֹנֶ֥הzwōneh

one who acts as a prostituteverbH2181

continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···

מִמֶּֽ/ךָּmimekā

from youpronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

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 73:27

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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