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Psalms 89:48 — King James Version← Study notes

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.


Psalms 89:48Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:4811 words
HebrewMeaning
זְכָרzəkār
rememberverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
אֲנִ֥יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
מֶהmeh
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
חָ֑לֶדḥāled
is lifespannounH2465
short time · world
עַלʿal
concerningpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
שָּׁ֝֗וְאšāwəʾ
emptinessnounH7723
lie · lying · vain · vanity
בָּרָ֥אתָbārāʾtā
have you createdverbH1254
create · cut down · dispatch · do ···
כָלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בְּנֵיbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָדָֽםʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
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 89:48

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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