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Psalms 97:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord.


Psalms 97:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 97:89 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׁמְעָ֬הšāməʿāh
it hearsverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
וַ/תִּשְׂמַ֨חwatiśəmaḥ
and it rejoicedconjH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
צִיּ֗וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
וַ֭/תָּגֵלְנָהwatāgēlənāh
and they were gladconjH1523
joy · be joyful · rejoice
בְּנ֣וֹתbənwōt
the daughters ofnounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
יְהוּדָ֑הyəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
לְמַ֖עַןləmaʿan
on account ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣י/ךָmišəpāṭeykā
judgments yournounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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 97:8

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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