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Psalms 109:2 — King James Version← Study notes

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.


Psalms 109:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:211 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
פִ֪יpiy
the mouth ofnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
רָשָׁ֡עrāšāʿ
the wickedadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
וּֽ/פִיwpiy
and a mouth ofconjH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
מִ֭רְמָהmirəmāh
deceitnounH4820
deceit(-ful · -fully) · false · feigned ···
עָלַ֣/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פָּתָ֑חוּpātāḥw
they have openedverbH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
דִּבְּר֥וּdibərw
they have spokenverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אִ֝תִּ֗/יʾitiy
with mepronH854
among · before · by · for ···
לְשׁ֣וֹןləšwōn
a tongue ofnounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
שָֽׁקֶרšāqer
falsehoodnounH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
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 109:2

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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