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Psalms 109:4 — King James Version← Study notes

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.


Psalms 109:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:45 words
HebrewMeaning
תַּֽחַתtaḥat
in place ofpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
אַהֲבָתִ֥/יʾahăbātiy
love mynounH160
יִשְׂטְנ֗וּ/נִיyiśəṭənwniy
they accuse meverbH7853
resist
וַ/אֲנִ֥יwaʾăniy
and IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
תְפִלָּֽהtəpilāh
am prayernounH8605
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 109:4

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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