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Psalms 78:57 — King James Version← Study notes

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.


Psalms 78:57Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 78:576 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּסֹּ֣גוּwayisōgw
and they turned backconjH5472
drive · go back · turn (away · back)
וַֽ֭/יִּבְגְּדוּwayibəgədw
and they acted treacherouslyconjH898
unfaithfully) · offend · transgress · treacherous (dealer ···
כַּ/אֲבוֹתָ֑/םkaʾăbwōtām
like ancestors theirpronH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
נֶ֝הְפְּכ֗וּnehəpəkw
they changedverbH2015
become · come · be converted · give ···
כְּ/קֶ֣שֶׁתkəqešet
like a bow ofpronH7198
arch · arrow · -shot)
רְמִיָּֽהrəmiyāh
deceitnounH7423
-fully) · false · guile · idle ···
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 78:57

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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