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Psalms 18:8 — King James Version← Study notes

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.


Psalms 18:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 18:810 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תִּגְעַ֬שׁwatigəʿaš
and it shookconjH1607
shake · toss · trouble
וַ/תִּרְעַ֨שׁwatirəʿaš
and it quakedconjH7493
move · quake · shake · tremble
הָ/אָ֗רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וּ/מוֹסְדֵ֣יwmwōsədēy
foundationconjH4146
הָרִ֣יםhāriym
the mountainsnounH2022
mount · promotion
יִרְגָּ֑זוּyirəgāzw
they trembledverbH7264
stand in awe · disquiet · fall out · fret ···
וַ֝/יִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁ֗וּwayitəgāʿăšw
and they shook back and forthconjH1607
shake · toss · trouble
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
חָ֥רָהḥārāh
it burnedverbH2734
burn · be displeased · earnestly · fret self ···
לֽ/וֹlwō
pron
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 18:8

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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