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 143:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Psalms 143:311 words
ℹWords 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…
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