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Psalms 109:23 — King James Version← Study notes

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.


Psalms 109:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:235 words
HebrewMeaning
כְּ/צֵלkəṣēl
like a shadowpronH6738
shade
כִּ/נְטוֹת֥/וֹkinəṭwōtwō
when stretches out itpronH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
נֶהֱלָ֑כְתִּיnehĕlākətiy
I have vanishedverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
נִ֝נְעַ֗רְתִּיninəʿarətiy
I have been shaken offverbH5287
out · self) · overthrow · toss up and down
כָּֽ/אַרְבֶּֽהkāʾarəbeh
like locustpronH697
locust
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 109:23

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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