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Psalms 87:6 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.


Psalms 87:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 87:68 words
HebrewMeaning
יְֽהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
יִ֭סְפֹּרyisəpōr
he will countverbH5608
count; declare · number · penknife · reckon ···
בִּ/כְת֣וֹבbikətwōb
when recordspronH3789
record · prescribe · subscribe · write(-ing ···
עַמִּ֑יםʿamiym
peoplesnounH5971
men · nation · people
זֶ֖הzeh
this oneprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
יֻלַּדyulad
he was bornverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
שָׁ֣םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
סֶֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
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 87:6

1. The Psalm which has just been sung is short, if we look to the number of its words, but of deep interest in its thoughts.. ..The subject of song and praise in that Psalm is a city, whose citizens are we, as far as we are Christians: whence we are absent, as long as we are mortal: whither we are tending: through whose approaches, undiscoverable among the brakes and thorns that entangle them, the Sovereign of the city made Himself a path for us to reach it. Walking thus in…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 87 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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