Psalms 86:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.”

Psalms 86:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 86:59 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

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

אַתָּ֣הʾatāh

youprepH859

thou · ye · you

אֲ֭דֹנָ/יʾădōnāy

O LordnounH136

ט֣וֹבṭwōb

are goodadjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

וְ/סַלָּ֑חwəsalāḥ

and ready to forgiveconjH5546

וְ/רַבwərab

and great ofconjH7227

-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···

חֶ֝֗סֶדḥesed

covenant loyaltynounH2617

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

לְ/כָלləkāl

to allpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

קֹרְאֶֽי/ךָqōrəʾeykā

those who call out to youverbH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · 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 86:5

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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