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Psalms 89:12 — King James Version← Study notes

The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.


Psalms 89:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:129 words
HebrewMeaning
לְ/ךָ֣ləkā
pron
שָׁ֭מַיִםšāmayim
heavennounH8064
astrologer · heaven
אַףʾap
alsoparticleH637
although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···
לְ/ךָ֥ləkā
pron
אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
תֵּבֵ֥לtēbēl
the worldnounH8398
world
וּ֝/מְלֹאָ֗/הּwməlōʾāh
and what fills itconjH4393
all along · all that is in · full · fulness ···
אַתָּ֥הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
יְסַדְתָּֽ/םyəsadətām
you founded themverbH3245
take counsel · establish · (lay the · lay for a) found ···
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 89:12

1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 89 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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