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Psalms 89:27 — King James Version← Study notes

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.


Psalms 89:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:277 words
HebrewMeaning
ה֣וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יִ֭קְרָאֵ/נִיyiqərāʾēniy
he will call out to meverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אָ֣בִ/יʾābiy
are father mynounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אָ֑תָּהʾātāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
אֵ֝לִ֗/יʾēliy
God mynounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
וְ/צ֣וּרwəṣwr
and the rock ofconjH6697
God · rock · sharp · stone ···
יְשׁוּעָתִֽ/יyəšwʿātiy
salvation mynounH3444
health · help · salvation · save ···
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 89:27

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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