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Psalms 118:12 — King James Version← Study notes

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.


Psalms 118:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:129 words
HebrewMeaning
סַבּ֤וּ/נִיsabwniy
they surrounded meverbH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
כִ/דְבוֹרִ֗יםkidəbwōriym
like beespronH1682
דֹּ֭עֲכוּdōʿăkw
they were extinguishedverbH1846
consumed · put out · quenched
כְּ/אֵ֣שׁkəʾēš
like a fire ofpronH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
קוֹצִ֑יםqwōṣiym
thornsnounH6975
בְּ/שֵׁ֥םbəšēm
in the name ofpronH8034
base · named · renown · report
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֲמִילַֽ/םʾămiylam
I fended off themverbH4135
selves) · cut down · destroy · must needs
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 118:12

1. ...We are taught in this Psalm, when we chaunt Allelujah, which means, Praise the Lord, that we should, when we hear the words, “Confess unto the Lord” Psalm 117:1, praise the Lord. The praise of God could not be expressed in fewer words than these, “For He is good.” I see not what can be more solemn than this brevity, since goodness is so peculiarly the quality of God, that the Son of God Himself when addressed by some one as “Good Master,” by one, namely, who beholding…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 118 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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