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Psalms 18:40 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.


Psalms 18:40Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 18:406 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תְּאַזְּרֵ֣/נִיwatəʾazərēniy
and you girded meconjH247
gird (up · with)
חַ֭יִלḥayil
strengthnounH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑הlamiləḥāmāh
for the battlepronH4421
fight · war
תַּכְרִ֖יעַtakəriyʿa
you made bow downverbH3766
self) · bring down · cast down · couch ···
קָמַ֣/יqāmay
those who rose against meverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
תַּחְתָּֽ/יtaḥətāy
under mepronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
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 18:40

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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