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Psalms 18:35 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.


Psalms 18:35Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 18:357 words
HebrewMeaning
מְלַמֵּ֣דməlamēd
he has trainedverbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
יָ֭דַ/יyāday
hands mynounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑הlamiləḥāmāh
for battlepronH4421
fight · war
וְֽ/נִחֲתָ֥הwəniḥătāh
and it will stretchconjH5181
come down · enter · go down · press sore ···
קֶֽשֶׁתqešet
a bow ofnounH7198
arch · arrow · -shot)
נְ֝חוּשָׁ֗הnəḥwšāh
bronzenounH5154
steel. Compare
זְרוֹעֹתָֽ/יzərwōʿōtāy
arms mynounH2220
help · mighty · power · shoulder ···
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 18:35

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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