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Psalms 17:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.


Psalms 17:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 17:48 words
HebrewMeaning
לִ/פְעֻלּ֣וֹתlipəʿulwōt
to the deeds ofpronH6468
reward · wages · work
אָ֭דָםʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
בִּ/דְבַ֣רbidəbar
by the word ofpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
שְׂפָתֶ֑י/ךָśəpāteykā
lips yournounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
אֲנִ֥יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
שָׁ֝מַ֗רְתִּיšāmarətiy
I have watchedverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
אָרְח֥וֹתʾārəḥwōt
the paths ofnounH734
path · race · rank · traveller ···
פָּרִֽיץpāriyṣ
violent personsnounH6530
ravenous · robber
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 17:4

A prayer of David himself. 1. This prayer must be assigned to the Person of the Lord, with the addition of the Church, which is His body. 2. “Hear My righteousness, O God, consider My supplication” Psalm 16:1. “Hearken unto My prayer, not in deceitful lips:” not going forth to You in deceitful lips. “Let My judgment from Your countenance go forth” Psalm 16:2. From the enlightening of the knowledge of You, let Me judge truth. Or at least, let My judgment go forth, not in…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 17
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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