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Psalms 98:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.


Psalms 98:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 98:911 words
HebrewMeaning
לִֽ/פְֽנֵיlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בָא֮bāʾ
he is comingverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
לִ/שְׁפֹּ֪טlišəpōṭ
to judgepronH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
הָ֫/אָ֥רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
יִשְׁפֹּֽטyišəpōṭ
he will judgeverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
תֵּבֵ֥לtēbēl
the worldnounH8398
world
בְּ/צֶ֑דֶקbəṣedeq
with righteousnesspronH6664
even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)
וְ֝/עַמִּ֗יםwəʿamiym
and peoplesconjH5971
men · nation · people
בְּ/מֵישָׁרִֽיםbəmēyšāriym
with uprightnesspronH4339
aright · that are equal · equity · right(-eously ···
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 98:9

1. “O sing unto the Lord a new song” Psalm 97:1. The new man knows this, the old man knows it not. The old man is the old life, and the new man the new life: the old life is derived from Adam, the new life is formed in Christ. But in this Psalm, the whole world is enjoined to sing a new song. More openly elsewhere the words are these: “O sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth;” that they who cut themselves off from the communion of the whole…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 98
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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