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Psalms 118:13 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.


Psalms 118:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:135 words
HebrewMeaning
דַּחֹ֣הdaḥōh
certainlyverbH1760
drive away · overthrow · outcast · sore ···
דְחִיתַ֣/נִיdəḥiytaniy
you pushed meverbH1760
drive away · overthrow · outcast · sore ···
לִ/נְפֹּ֑לlinəpōl
to fallpronH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
וַ֖/יהוָ֣הwayhwāh
and YahwehconjH3068
the Lord. Compare
עֲזָרָֽ/נִיʿăzārāniy
he helped meverbH5826
succour
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 118:13

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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