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Psalms 118:6 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?


Psalms 118:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:68 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לִ֭/יliy
pron
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אִירָ֑אʾiyrāʾ
I will be afraidverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יַּעֲשֶׂ֖הyaʿăśeh
will he doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לִ֣/יliy
pron
אָדָֽםʾādām
anyonenounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
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 118:6

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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