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Psalms 97:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.


Psalms 97:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 97:116 words
HebrewMeaning
א֭וֹרʾwōr
lightnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
זָרֻ֣עַzāruʿa
is sownverbH2232
conceive seed · set with sow · yield
לַ/צַּדִּ֑יקlaṣadiyq
for the righteouspronH6662
lawful · righteous
וּֽ/לְ/יִשְׁרֵיwləyišərēy
and for people upright ofconjH3477
equity · Jasher · just · meet ···
לֵ֥בlēb
heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
שִׂמְחָֽהśiməḥāh
joynounH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
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 97:11

1. ...This Psalm is entitled, “A Psalm of David's, when his land was restored.” Let us refer the whole to Christ, if we wish to keep the road of a right understanding: let us not depart from the corner stone, Ephesians 2:20 lest our understanding suffer a fall: in Him let that become fixed, which wavered with unstable motion; let that rest upon Him, which before was waving to and fro in uncertainty. Whatever doubt a man has in his mind when he hears the Scriptures of God, let…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 97 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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