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Psalms 109:3 — King James Version← Study notes

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.


Psalms 109:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:35 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/דִבְרֵ֣יwədibərēy
and words ofconjH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
שִׂנְאָ֣הśinəʾāh
hatrednounH8135
exceedingly · -red)
סְבָב֑וּ/נִיsəbābwniy
they have surrounded meverbH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
וַ/יִּֽלָּחֲמ֥וּ/נִיwayilāḥămwniy
and they have fought against meconjH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
חִנָּֽםḥinām
without causeadvH2600
wages) · causeless · to cost nothing · free ···
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 109:3

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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