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Psalms 140:5 — King James Version← Study notes

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.


Psalms 140:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 140:511 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׁמְרֵ֤/נִיšāmərēniy
keep meverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מִ֘/ידֵ֤יmiydēy
from the hands ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
רָשָׁ֗עrāšāʿ
the wickedadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
מֵ/אִ֣ישׁmēʾiyš
from a man ofpronH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
חֲמָסִ֣יםḥămāsiym
violencenounH2555
damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···
תִּנְצְרֵ֑/נִיtinəṣərēniy
you will preserve meverbH5341
hidden thing · keep(-er · -ing) · monument ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
those whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
חָ֝שְׁב֗וּḥāšəbw
they have plannedverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
לִ/דְח֥וֹתlidəḥwōt
to trip uppronH1760
drive away · overthrow · outcast · sore ···
פְּעָמָֽ/יpəʿāmāy
footsteps mynounH6471
corner · foot · going · fold ···
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 140:5

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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