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Psalms 89:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.


Psalms 89:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:59 words
HebrewMeaning
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
ע֭וֹלָםʿwōlām
perpetuitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
אָכִ֣יןʾākiyn
I will establishverbH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
זַרְעֶ֑/ךָzarəʿekā
offspring yournounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
וּ/בָנִ֨יתִיwbāniytiy
and I will buildconjH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
לְ/דֹרlədōr
to a generationpronH1755
evermore · generation · ever · posterity
וָ/ד֖וֹרwādwōr
and a generationconjH1755
evermore · generation · ever · posterity
כִּסְאֲ/ךָ֣kisəʾăkā
throne yournounH3678
stool · throne
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 89:5

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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