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Psalms 140:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.


Psalms 140:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 140:88 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהֹוִ֣הyəhōwih
O YahwehnounH3069
אֲ֭דֹנָ/יʾădōnāy
O LordnounH136
עֹ֣זʿōz
the strength ofnounH5797
loud · might · power · strength ···
יְשׁוּעָתִ֑/יyəšwʿātiy
salvation mynounH3444
health · help · salvation · save ···
סַכֹּ֥תָהsakōtāh
you coververbH5526
defence · defend · hedge in · join together ···
לְ֝/רֹאשִׁ֗/יlərōʾšiy
head mypronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
בְּ/י֣וֹםbəywōm
in a day ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
נָֽשֶׁקnāšeq
weaponrynounH5402
armour · battle · harness · weapon
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 140:8

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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