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Psalms 89:45 — King James Version← Study notes

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.


Psalms 89:45Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:455 words
HebrewMeaning
הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּhišəbatā
you have made ceaseverbH7673
let · make to) cease · celebrate · cause to fail ···
מִ/טְּהָר֑/וֹmiṭəhārwō
from luster hispronH2892
glory · purifying
וְ֝/כִסְא֗/וֹwəkisəʾwō
and throne hisconjH3678
stool · throne
לָ/אָ֥רֶץlāʾāreṣ
to the groundpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מִגַּֽרְתָּהmigarətāh
you have thrownverbH4048
terror
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 89:45

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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