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Psalms 25:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.


Psalms 25:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 25:167 words
HebrewMeaning
פְּנֵהpənēh
turnverbH6437
at tide · behold · cast out · come on ···
אֵלַ֥/יʾēlay
to mepronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/חָנֵּ֑/נִיwəḥānēniy
and show favor to meconjH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָחִ֖ידyāḥiyd
am solitaryadjH3173
desolate · only (child · son) · solitary
וְ/עָנִ֣יwəʿāniy
and afflictedconjH6041
humble · lowly · needy · poor
אָֽנִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
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 25:16

To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. Christ speaks, but in the person of the Church: for what is said has reference rather to the Christian People turned unto God. 2. “Unto You, O Lord, have I lift up my soul” Psalm 24:1: with spiritual longing have I lift up the soul, that was trodden down on the earth with carnal longings. “O my God, in You I trust, I shall not be ashamed” Psalm 24:2. O my God, from trusting in myself I was brought even to this weakness of the flesh;…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 25
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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