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Psalms 140:10 — King James Version← Study notes

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.


Psalms 140:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 140:106 words
HebrewMeaning
רֹ֥אשׁrōʾš
the head ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
מְסִבָּ֑/יməsibāy
surroundings myverbH4524
round about · at table
עֲמַ֖לʿămal
the mischief ofnounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
שְׂפָתֵ֣י/מוֹśəpātēymwō
lips theirnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
יכסו/מוykswmw
clad selfverbH3680
close · clothe · conceal · cover ···
יְכַסֵּֽ/מוֹyəkasēmwō
clad selfverbH3680
close · clothe · conceal · cover ···
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 140:10

1. Our Lords have bidden me, brethren, and in them the Lord of all, to bring this Psalm to your understanding, so far as God gives me to. May He help your prayers, that I may say those things which I ought to say, you to hear, that to all of us the Word of God may be profitable. For all it does not profit, for “all have not faith.” 1 Thessalonians 3:2 ... 2. What this Psalm contains, I believe that you perceived when it was being chanted; for therein the Church of Christ,…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 140 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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