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Psalms 84:8 — King James Version← Study notes

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.


Psalms 84:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 84:88 words
HebrewMeaning
יֵ֭לְכוּyēləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
מֵ/חַ֣יִלmēḥayil
from strengthpronH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
חָ֑יִלḥāyil
strengthnounH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
יֵרָאֶ֖הyērāʾeh
he presents himselfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֱלֹהִ֣יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בְּ/צִיּֽוֹןbəṣiywōn
in ZionpronH6726
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 84:8

1. This Psalm is entitled, “For the winepresses.” And, as you observed with me, my beloved (for I saw that you attended most closely), nothing is said in its text either of any press, or wine-basket, or vat, or of any of the instruments or the building of a winepress; nothing of this kind did we hear read; so that it is no easy question what is the meaning of this title inscribed upon it, “for the winepresses.” For certainly, if after the title it mentioned anything about…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 84 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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