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Psalms 89:35 — King James Version← Study notes

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.


Psalms 89:35Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:357 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֲחַלֵּ֥לʾăḥalēl
I will violateverbH2490
defile · break · defile · eat ···
בְּרִיתִ֑/יbəriytiy
covenant mynounH1285
feder · covenant · league
וּ/מוֹצָ֥אwmwōṣāʾ
and the utterance ofconjH4161
bud · that which came out · east · going forth ···
שְׂ֝פָתַ֗/יśəpātay
lips mynounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֲשַׁנֶּֽהʾăšaneh
I will changeverbH8138
strike) again · alter · double · change ···
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 89:35

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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