Psalms 86:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.”

Psalms 86:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 86:1510 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אַתָּ֣הwəʾatāh

and youconjH859

thou · ye · you

אֲ֭דֹנָ/יʾădōnāy

O LordnounH136

אֵלʾēl

are a GodnounH410

goodly · great · idol · might ···

רַח֣וּםraḥwm

compassionateadjH7349

merciful

וְ/חַנּ֑וּןwəḥanwn

and graciousconjH2587

אֶ֥רֶךְʾerekə

long ofadjH750

-winged) · patient · slow

אַ֝פַּ֗יִםʾapayim

angernounH639

before · countenance · face · forebearing ···

וְ/רַבwərab

and great ofconjH7227

-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···

חֶ֥סֶדḥesed

covenant loyaltynounH2617

good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···

וֶ/אֱמֶֽתweʾĕmet

and faithfulnessconjH571

establishment · faithful · right · sure ···

ℹWords 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 86:15

1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 86 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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