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Psalms 89:38 — King James Version← Study notes

But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.


Psalms 89:38Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:387 words
HebrewMeaning
כְּ֭/יָרֵחַkəyārēḥa
like the moonpronH3394
יִכּ֣וֹןyikwōn
it will be establishedverbH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
עוֹלָ֑םʿwōlām
forevernounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
וְ/עֵ֥דwəʿēd
and a witnessconjH5707
בַּ֝/שַּׁ֗חַקbašaḥaq
in the cloudspronH7834
small dust · heaven · sky
נֶאֱמָ֥ןneʾĕmān
will be reliableverbH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
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 89:38

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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