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Psalms 116:3 — King James Version← Study notes

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.


Psalms 116:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 116:39 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲפָפ֤וּ/נִיʾăpāpwniy
they surrounded meverbH661
חֶבְלֵיḥebəlēy
the cords ofnounH2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
מָ֗וֶתmāwet
deathnounH4194
death · die
וּ/מְצָרֵ֣יwməṣārēy
and the distresses ofconjH4712
pain · strait
שְׁא֣וֹלšəʾwōl
SheolnounH7585
hell · pit
מְצָא֑וּ/נִיməṣāʾwniy
they found meverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
צָרָ֖הṣārāh
troublenounH6869
adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···
וְ/יָג֣וֹןwəyāgwōn
and sorrowconjH3015
sorrow
אֶמְצָֽאʾeməṣāʾ
I foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
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 116:3

1. “I have loved, since the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer” Psalm 114:1. Let the soul that is sojourning in absence from the Lord sing thus, let that sheep which had strayed sing thus, let that son who had “died and returned to life,” who had “been lost and was found;” Luke 15:6, 24 let our soul sing thus, brethren, and most beloved sons. Let us be taught, and let us abide, and let us sing thus with the Saints: “I have loved: since the Lord will hear the voice of my…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 116 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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