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Psalms 77:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?


Psalms 77:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 77:87 words
HebrewMeaning
הַֽ֭/לְ/עוֹלָמִיםhaləʿwōlāmiym
¿ to foreverparticleH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
יִזְנַ֥חyizənaḥ
will he rejectverbH2186
remove far away
אֲדֹנָ֑/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֹסִ֖יףyōsiyp
will he repeat?verbH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
לִ/רְצ֣וֹתlirəṣwōt
to show favorpronH7521
accomplish · set affection · approve · consent with ···
עֽוֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
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 77:8

1. This Psalm's lintel is thus inscribed: “Unto the end, for Idithun, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” What “Unto the end” is, you know. Idithun is interpreted “leaping over those men,” Asaph is interpreted “a congregation.” Here therefore there is speaking “a congregation that leaps over,” in order that it may reach the End, which is Christ Jesus.. .. 2. “With my voice,” he says, “to the Lord I have cried” Psalm 76:1. But many men cry unto the Lord for the sake of getting riches…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 77 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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