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Psalms 89:31 — King James Version← Study notes

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;


Psalms 89:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:317 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יַֽעַזְב֣וּyaʿazəbw
they will forsakeverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
בָ֭נָי/וbānāyw
sons hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
תּוֹרָתִ֑/יtwōrātiy
law mynounH8451
וּ֝/בְ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֗/יwbəmišəpāṭay
and in judgments myconjH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֵלֵכֽוּ/ןyēlēkwn
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
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 89:31

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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