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Psalms 95:9 — King James Version← Study notes

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.


Psalms 95:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 95:97 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whenparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נִ֭סּוּ/נִיniswniy
they put to the test meverbH5254
assay · prove · tempt · try
אֲבוֹתֵי/כֶ֑םʾăbwōtēykem
ancestors yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
בְּ֝חָנ֗וּ/נִיbəḥānwniy
they tested meverbH974
prove · tempt · try
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
רָא֥וּrāʾw
they had seenverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
פָעֳלִֽ/יpāʿŏliy
work mynounH6467
deed · do · getting · maker ···
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 95:9

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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