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Psalms 17:6 — King James Version← Study notes

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.


Psalms 17:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 17:610 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲנִֽיʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
קְרָאתִ֣י/ךָqərāʾtiykā
I call out to youverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
כִֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תַעֲנֵ֣/נִיtaʿănēniy
you will answer meverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אֵ֑לʾēl
O GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
הַֽטhaṭ
inclineverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
אָזְנְ/ךָ֥ʾāzənəkā
ear yournounH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
לִ֝֗/יliy
pron
שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿ
hearverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אִמְרָתִֽ/יʾimərātiy
utterance mynounH565
speech · word
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 17:6

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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