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Psalms 139:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.


Psalms 139:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:56 words
HebrewMeaning
אָח֣וֹרʾāḥwōr
back partnounH268
back (part · -side · -ward) · hereafter ···
וָ/קֶ֣דֶםwāqedem
and frontconjH6924
ancient · before · east (end · part ···
צַרְתָּ֑/נִיṣarətāniy
you enclose meverbH6696
assault · beset · besiege · bind ···
וַ/תָּ֖שֶׁתwatāšet
and you have putconjH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
עָלַ֣/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כַּפֶּֽ/כָהkapekāh
hand yournounH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
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 139:5

1. ...Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He makes Himself one with us; as it is said, “they two shall be one flesh.” Wherefore also the Lord says in the Gospel, speaking of marriage, “therefore they are no more two, but one flesh.” One flesh, because of our mortality He took flesh; not one divinity, for He is the Creator, we the creature. Whatsoever then our Lord speaks in the person of the Flesh He took upon…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 139 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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