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Psalms 142:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.


Psalms 142:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 142:711 words
HebrewMeaning
הַקְשִׁ֤יבָ/הhaqəšiybāh
pay attention !verbH7181
hear · give heed · incline · mark ···
אֶֽלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
רִנָּתִ/י֮rinātiy
cry of entreaty mynounH7440
gladness · joy · proclamation · rejoicing ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
דַלּ֪וֹתִ֫יdalwōtiy
I have become lowverbH1809
dry up · be emptied · be not equal · fail ···
מְאֹ֥דməʾōd
exceedinglyadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
הַצִּילֵ֥/נִיhaṣiylēniy
deliver meverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
מֵ/רֹדְפַ֑/יmērōdəpay
from those who harass mepronH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָמְצ֣וּʾāməṣw
they are too strongverbH553
be courageous (of good courage · stedfastly minded · strong · stronger) ···
מִמֶּֽ/נִּיmimeniy
for mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
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 142:7

1. ...“With my voice have I cried unto the Lord” Psalm 141:1. It were enough to say, “with voice:” not for nothing perhaps has “my” been added. For many cry unto the Lord, not with their own voice, but with the voice of their body. Let the “inner man” then, in whom “Christ” has begun to “dwell by faith,” Ephesians 3:17 cry unto the Lord, not with the din of his lips, but with the affection of his heart. God hears not, where man hears: unless you cry with the voice of lungs…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 142 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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