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Psalms 118:5 — King James Version← Study notes

I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.


Psalms 118:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:57 words
HebrewMeaning
מִֽןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ֭/מֵּצַ֥רhamēṣar
the distressparticleH4712
pain · strait
קָרָ֣אתִיqārāʾtiy
I called out toverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
יָּ֑הּyāh
YahwehnounH3050
the Lord · most vehement. Compare names in '-iah · ' '-jah.'
עָנָ֖/נִיʿānāniy
he answered meverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
בַ/מֶּרְחָ֣בbamerəḥāb
in roomy placepronH4800
large place
יָֽהּyāh
YahwehnounH3050
the Lord · most vehement. Compare names in '-iah · ' '-jah.'
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 118:5

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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