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Psalms 78:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.


Psalms 78:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 78:128 words
HebrewMeaning
נֶ֣גֶדneged
beforepronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
אֲ֭בוֹתָ/םʾăbwōtām
ancestors theirnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
עָ֣שָׂהʿāśāh
he didverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
פֶ֑לֶאpeleʾ
wondersnounH6382
wonder(-ful · -fully)
בְּ/אֶ֖רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מִצְרַ֣יִםmiṣərayim
EgyptnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
שְׂדֵהśədēh
the region ofnounH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
צֹֽעַןṣōʿan
ZoannounH6814
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 78:12

1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 78 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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