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Psalms 143:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.


Psalms 143:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 143:311 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רָ֘דַ֤ףrādap
he has pursuedverbH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
אוֹיֵ֨בʾwōyēb
an enemyverbH341
foe
נַפְשִׁ֗/יnapəšiy
self mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
דִּכָּ֣אdikāʾ
he has crushedverbH1792
break · bruise · contrite · crush ···
לָ֭/אָרֶץlāʾāreṣ
to the groundpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
חַיָּתִ֑/יḥayātiy
life mynounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
הוֹשִׁיבַ֥/נִיhwōšiybaniy
he has caused to dwell meverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בְ֝/מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗יםbəmaḥăšakiym
in dark placespronH4285
place)
כְּ/מֵתֵ֥יkəmētēy
like dead people ofpronH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
עוֹלָֽםʿwōlām
antiquitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
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 143:3

1. ...The title of the Psalm is, “To David himself, when his son was pursuing him.” We know from the Books of Kings 2 Samuel xv that this happened:...but we must recognise here another David, truly “strong in hand,” which is the explanation of David, even our Lord Jesus Christ. For all those events of past time were figures of things to come. Let us seek then in this Psalm our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, announcing Himself beforehand in His prophecy, and foretelling what…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 143 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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