Psalms 86:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.”

Psalms 86:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 86:1712 words

HebrewMeaning

עֲשֵֽׂהʿăśēh

doverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

עִמִּ֥/יʿimiy

with mepronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

א֗וֹתʾwōt

a signnounH226

miracle · sign · token

לְ/ט֫וֹבָ֥הləṭwōbāh

of goodnesspronH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

וְ/יִרְא֣וּwəyirəʾw

so they may seeconjH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

שֹׂנְאַ֣/יśōnəʾay

those who hate meverbH8130

foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···

וְ/יֵבֹ֑שׁוּwəyēbōšw

and they may be ashamedconjH954

make · bring to · cause · put to ···

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אַתָּ֥הʾatāh

youprepH859

thou · ye · you

יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh

O YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

עֲזַרְתַּ֥/נִיʿăzarətaniy

you have helped meverbH5826

succour

וְ/נִחַמְתָּֽ/נִיwəniḥamətāniy

and you have comforted meconjH5162

ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)

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 86:17

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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