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Psalms 78:19 — King James Version← Study notes

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?


Psalms 78:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 78:198 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יְדַבְּר֗וּwayədabərw
and they spokeconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
בֵּֽ/אלֹ֫הִ֥יםbēʾlōhiym
against GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אָ֭מְרוּʾāmərw
they saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הֲ/י֣וּכַלhăywkal
¿ is he ableparticleH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
אֵ֑לʾēl
GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
לַ/עֲרֹ֥ךְlaʿărōkə
to arrangepronH6186
self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···
שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ןšuləḥān
a tablenounH7979
בַּ/מִּדְבָּֽרbamidəbār
in the wildernesspronH4057
south · speech · wilderness
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 78:19

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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