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Psalms 140:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.


Psalms 140:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 140:27 words
HebrewMeaning
חַלְּצֵ֣/נִיḥaləṣēniy
rescue meverbH2502
(go · ready) armed ( man · soldier) · deliver ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מֵ/אָדָ֣םmēʾādām
from a manpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
רָ֑עrāʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
מֵ/אִ֖ישׁmēʾiyš
from a man ofpronH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
חֲמָסִ֣יםḥămāsiym
violencenounH2555
damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···
תִּנְצְרֵֽ/נִיtinəṣərēniy
you will preserve meverbH5341
hidden thing · keep(-er · -ing) · monument ···
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 140:2

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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