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Psalms 109:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;


Psalms 109:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:17 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ֭/מְנַצֵּחַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
לְ/דָוִ֣דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
מִזְמ֑וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
אֱלֹהֵ֥יʾĕlōhēy
O God ofnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
תְ֝הִלָּתִ֗/יtəhilātiy
praise mynounH8416
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תֶּחֱרַֽשׁteḥĕraš
you be silentverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
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 109:1

1. Every one who faithfully reads the Acts of the Apostles, acknowledges that this Psalm contains a prophecy of Christ; for it evidently appears that what is here written, “let his days be few, and let another take his office,” is prophesied of Judas, the betrayer of Christ....For as some things are said which seem peculiarly to apply to the Apostle Peter, and yet are not clear in their meaning, unless when referred to the Church, whom he is acknowledged to have figuratively…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 109 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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