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Psalms 11:1 — King James Version← Study notes

In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?


Psalms 11:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 11:111 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֗חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
לְ/דָ֫וִ֥דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
בַּֽ/יהוָ֨הbayhwāh
in YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
חָסִ֗יתִיḥāsiytiy
I have taken refugeverbH2620
make refuge · trust
אֵ֭יךְʾēykə
how?particleH349
what
תֹּאמְר֣וּtōʾmərw
will you sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/נַפְשִׁ֑/יlənapəšiy
to self mypronH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
נודוnwdw
bemoanverbH5110
flee · get · mourn · make to move ···
נ֝֗וּדִיnwdiy
bemoanverbH5110
flee · get · mourn · make to move ···
הַרְ/כֶ֥םharəkem
mountain yournounH2022
mount · promotion
צִפּֽוֹרṣipwōr
a birdnounH6833
fowl · sparrow
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 11:1

To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. This title does not require a fresh consideration: for the meaning of, “to the end,” has already been sufficiently handled. Let us then look to the text itself of the Psalm, which to me appears to be sung against the heretics, who, by rehearsing and exaggerating the sins of many in the Church, as if either all or the majority among themselves were righteous, strive to turn and snatch us away from the breasts of the one True Mother…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 11 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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