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Psalms 109:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.


Psalms 109:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:86 words
HebrewMeaning
יִֽהְיֽוּyihəyw
may they beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
יָמָ֥י/וyāmāyw
days hisnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
מְעַטִּ֑יםməʿaṭiym
fewadjH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
פְּ֝קֻדָּת֗/וֹpəqudātwō
office hisnounH6486
charge · custody · that which...laid up · numbers ···
יִקַּ֥חyiqaḥ
may he takeverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אַחֵֽרʾaḥēr
anotheradjH312
following · next · strange
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 109:8

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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