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Psalms 95:5 — King James Version← Study notes

The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.


Psalms 95:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 95:58 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
ל֣/וֹlwō
pron
הַ֭/יָּםhayām
the seaparticleH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
וְ/ה֣וּאwəhwʾ
and heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
עָשָׂ֑/הוּʿāśāhw
he made itverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְ֝/יַבֶּ֗שֶׁתwəyabešet
and the dry landconjH3006
יָדָ֥י/וyādāyw
hands hisnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
יָצָֽרוּyāṣārw
they formedverbH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
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 95:5

1. I could wish, brethren, that we were rather listening to our father: but even this is a good thing, to obey our father. Since therefore he who deigns to pray for us, has ordered us, I will speak unto you, beloved, what from the present Psalm Jesus Christ our common Lord shall deign to give us. Now the title of the Psalm is “David's Song of praise.” The “Song of praise” signifies both cheerfulness, in that it is a song; and devotion, for it is praise. For what ought a man…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 95 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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