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Psalms 18:1 — King James Version← Study notes

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.


Psalms 18:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 18:120 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֤חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
לְ/עֶ֥בֶדləʿebed
of the servant ofpronH5650
bondage · servant · servant
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/דָ֫וִ֥דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
דִּבֶּ֨רdiber
he spokeverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
לַ/יהוָ֗הlayhwāh
to YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דִּ֭בְרֵיdibərēy
the words ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/שִּׁירָ֣הhašiyrāh
the songparticleH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
הַ/זֹּ֑אתhazōʾt
thisparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
בְּ/י֤וֹםbəywōm
on the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הִֽצִּילhiṣiyl
when he deliveredverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
יְהוָ֘הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אוֹת֥/וֹʾwōtwō
himparticleH853
מִ/כַּ֥ףmikap
from the hand ofpronH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֹ֝יְבָ֗י/וʾōyəbāyw
enemies hisverbH341
foe
וּ/מִ/יַּ֥דwmiyad
and from the hand ofconjH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
שָׁאֽוּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
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 18:1

To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 18 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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