Psalms 27:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.”

Psalms 27:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 27:1211 words

HebrewMeaning

אַֽלʾal

may notparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תִּ֭תְּנֵ/נִיtitənēniy

you give meverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

בְּ/נֶ֣פֶשׁbənepeš

in the desire ofpronH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

צָרָ֑/יṣārāy

opponents mynounH6862

afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···

כִּ֥יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

קָֽמוּqāmw

they have arisenverbH6965

accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···

בִ֥/יbiy

pron

עֵֽדֵיʿēdēy

witnesses ofnounH5707

שֶׁ֝֗קֶרšeqer

falsehoodnounH8267

deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···

וִ/יפֵ֥חַwiypēḥa

and a witness ofconjH3307

חָמָֽסḥāmās

violencenounH2555

damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···

ℹWords 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 27:12

Of David himself, before he was anointed. 1. Christ's young soldier speaks, on his coming to the faith. “The Lord is my light, and my salvation: whom shall I fear?” Psalm 26:1. The Lord will give me both knowledge of Himself, and salvation: who shall take me from Him? “The Lord is the Protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?” The Lord will repel all the assaults and snares of mine enemy: of no man shall I be afraid. 2. “Whilst the guilty approach unto me to eat up…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 27

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