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Psalms 86:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.


Psalms 86:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 86:48 words
HebrewMeaning
שַׂ֭מֵּחַśamēḥa
make gladverbH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
נֶ֣פֶשׁnepeš
the self ofnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
עַבְדֶּ֑/ךָʿabədekā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵלֶ֥י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/יʾădōnāy
O LordnounH136
נַפְשִׁ֥/יnapəšiy
being mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
אֶשָּֽׂאʾeśāʾ
I lift upverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
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 86:4

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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