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Psalms 99:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.


Psalms 99:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 99:811 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵי/נוּ֮ʾĕlōhēynw
God ournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אַתָּ֪הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
עֲנִ֫יתָ֥/םʿăniytām
you answered themverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אֵ֣לʾēl
a GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
נֹ֭שֵׂאnōśēʾ
forgivingverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
הָיִ֣יתָhāyiytā
you wereverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/הֶ֑םlāhem
pron
וְ֝/נֹקֵ֗םwənōqēm
and avenging yourselfconjH5358
self) · punish · revenge · surely ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עֲלִילוֹתָֽ/םʿăliylwōtām
deeds theirnounH5949
deed · doing · invention · occasion ···
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 99:8

1. Beloved brethren, it ought already to be known to you, as sons of the Church, and well instructed in the school of Christ through all the books of our ancient fathers, who wrote the words of God and the great things of God, that their wish was to consult for our good, who were to live at this period, believers in Christ; who, at a seasonable time came unto us, the first time, in humility; at the second, destined to come in exaltation....For thus it is said in the Psalms:…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 99 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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