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Psalms 73:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.


Psalms 73:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 73:76 words
HebrewMeaning
יָ֭צָאyāṣāʾ
it comes outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מֵ/חֵ֣לֶבmēḥēleb
from fatpronH2459
best · finest · grease · marrow
עֵינֵ֑/מוֹʿēynēmwō
eye theirnounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
עָ֝בְר֗וּʿābərw
they pass oververbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתmaśəkiywōt
the imaginations ofnounH4906
image · picture · wish
לֵבָֽבlēbāb
heartnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
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 73:7

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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