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Psalms 140:12 — King James Version← Study notes

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.


Psalms 140:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 140:1210 words
HebrewMeaning
אִ֥ישׁʾiyš
a person ofnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
לָשׁוֹן֮lāšwōn
tonguenounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
בַּלbal
notparticleH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
יִכּ֪וֹןyikwōn
let him be establishedverbH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
בָּ֫/אָ֥רֶץbāʾāreṣ
in the landpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
אִישׁʾiyš
a person ofnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
חָמָ֥סḥāmās
violencenounH2555
damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···
רָ֑עrāʿ
troubleadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
יְ֝צוּדֶ֗/נּוּyəṣwdenw
let it hunt himverbH6679
hunt · sore · take
לְ/מַדְחֵפֹֽתləmadəḥēpōt
for blowspronH4073
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 140:12

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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