Psalms 27:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.”

Psalms 27:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 27:212 words

HebrewMeaning

בִּ/קְרֹ֤בbiqərōb

when drew nearpronH7126

bring (forth · near) · come (near · nigh) ···

עָלַ֨/יʿālay

on mepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

מְרֵעִים֮mərēʿiym

evil-doersverbH7489

associate selves (by mistake for

לֶ/אֱכֹ֪לleʾĕkōl

to devourpronH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥/יbəśāriy

flesh mynounH1320

(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···

צָרַ֣/יṣāray

opponents mynounH6862

afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···

וְ/אֹיְבַ֣/יwəʾōyəbay

and enemies myconjH341

foe

לִ֑/יliy

pron

הֵ֖מָּהhēmāh

theyprepH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

כָשְׁל֣וּkāšəlw

they stumbledverbH3782

cast down · be decayed · fail · (cause ···

וְ/נָפָֽלוּwənāpālw

and they fellconjH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

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 27:2

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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