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Psalms 81:12 — King James Version← Study notes

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.


Psalms 81:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 81:128 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁמַ֣עšāmaʿ
it listenedverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
עַמִּ֣/יʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
לְ/קוֹלִ֑/יləqwōliy
to voice mypronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
וְ֝/יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לwəyiśərāʾēl
and IsraelconjH3478
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָ֥בָהʾābāh
it yieldedverbH14
rest content will · be willing
לִֽ/יliy
pron
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 81:12

1. For a Title this Psalm has, “Unto the end for the presses, on the fifth of the Sabbath, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” Into one title many mysteries are heaped together, still so that the lintel of the Psalm indicates the things within. As we have to speak of the presses, let no one expect that we shall speak of a vat, of a press, of olive baskets; because neither the Psalm has this, and therefore it indicates the greater mystery.... No such thing did ye hear in this when it…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 81 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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