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Psalms 141:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.


Psalms 141:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 141:415 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּטtaṭ
you turnverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
לִבִּ֨/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לְ/דָבָ֪רlədābār
to anythingpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
רָ֡עrāʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
לְ/הִתְע֘וֹלֵ֤לləhitəʿwōlēl
to practicepronH5953
affect · child · defile · do ···
עֲלִל֨וֹתʿălilwōt
practicesnounH5949
deed · doing · invention · occasion ···
בְּ/רֶ֗שַׁעbərešaʿ
in wickednesspronH7562
wicked
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
אִישִׁ֥יםʾiyšiym
peoplenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
פֹּֽעֲלֵיpōʿălēy
who doverbH6466
do · make · ordain · work
אָ֑וֶןʾāwen
wickednessnounH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
וּ/בַלwbal
and notconjH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
אֶ֝לְחַ֗םʾeləḥam
I will eatverbH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
בְּ/מַנְעַמֵּי/הֶֽםbəmanəʿamēyhem
in delicacies theirpronH4516
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 141:4

1. ...The Psalm which we have just sung is in many parts somewhat obscure. When by the help of the Lord what has been said shall begin to be expounded and explained, you will see that you are hearing things which you knew already. But for this cause are they said in manifold ways, that variety of expression may remove all weariness of the truth.... 2. “Lord, I have cried unto You, hear Thou me” Psalm 140:1. This we all can say. This not I alone say: whole Christ says it. But…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 141 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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