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Psalms 143:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.


Psalms 143:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 143:713 words
HebrewMeaning
מַ֘הֵ֤רmahēr
hastethverbH4118
hastily · at once · quickly · soon ···
עֲנֵ֨/נִיʿănēniy
answer meverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
יְהוָה֮yəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כָּלְתָ֪הkālətāh
it is exhaustedverbH3615
cease · consume · determine · destroy ···
ר֫וּחִ֥/יrwḥiy
spirit mynounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּסְתֵּ֣רtasətēr
you hideverbH5641
keep close · conceal · hide · secret ···
פָּנֶ֣י/ךָpāneykā
face yournounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
מִמֶּ֑/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ֝/נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּיwəniməšalətiy
and I will be equalconjH4911
compare · use proverb · speak · utter
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
יֹ֥רְדֵיyōrədēy
those who go down ofverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
בֽוֹרbwōr
the pitnounH953
dungeon · fountain · pit · well
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 143:7

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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