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Psalms 118:7 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.


Psalms 118:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:76 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לִ֭/יliy
pron
בְּ/עֹזְרָ֑/יbəʿōzərāy
helper mypronH5826
succour
וַ֝/אֲנִ֗יwaʾăniy
and IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֶרְאֶ֥הʾerəʾeh
I will lookverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בְ/שֹׂנְאָֽ/יbəśōnəʾāy
on those who hate mepronH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
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 118:7

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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