To: "'Biblical Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Psalm 73:1
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:34:38 -0500
<Bill>
Can anyone help me with the Hebrew here?:
KJV
Psalms 73:1 <<A Psalm of Asaph.>> Truly God is good to Israel, even to such
as are of a clean heart. {of: or, for} {Truly: or, Yet} {ofÂ…: Heb. clean of
heart}
My dillemma is this:
In the KJV, it sounds as if "such as are of a clean heart" are being equated
with "Israel." Ie, it seems like clause B identifies clause A.
How does the Hebrew read? Is it more like:
"Yet God is good to Israelites that are of a clean heart."
or
"Yet God is good to Israel and all that are of a clean heart."