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Psalms 89:8 — King James Version← Study notes

O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?


Psalms 89:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:89 words
HebrewMeaning
אֵ֣לʾēl
GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
נַ֭עֲרָץnaʿărāṣ
is awesomeverbH6206
dread · feared · terrified) · break ···
בְּ/סוֹדbəswōd
in the council ofpronH5475
consel · inward · secret
קְדֹשִׁ֣יםqədōšiym
the holy onesadjH6918
saint
רַבָּ֑הrabāh
muchadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
וְ֝/נוֹרָ֗אwənwōrāʾ
and to be fearedconjH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
סְבִיבָֽי/וsəbiybāyw
those around himnounH5439
round) about · circuit · compass · on every side
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 89:8

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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