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Psalms 28:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.


Psalms 28:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 28:115 words
HebrewMeaning
לְ/דָוִ֡דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
אֵ֘לֶ֤י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶקְרָ֗אʾeqərāʾ
I call outverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
צוּרִ/י֮ṣwriy
O rock mynounH6697
God · rock · sharp · stone ···
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תֶּחֱרַ֪שׁteḥĕraš
you be deafverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
מִ֫מֶּ֥/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
תֶּֽחֱשֶׁ֥הteḥĕšeh
you should be silentverbH2814
keep silence · be silent · still
מִמֶּ֑/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ֝/נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּיwəniməšalətiy
and I will be equalconjH4911
compare · use proverb · speak · utter
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
י֥וֹרְדֵיywōrədēy
those who go downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
בֽוֹרbwōr
the pitnounH953
dungeon · fountain · pit · well
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 28:1

Of David himself. 1. It is the Voice of the Mediator Himself, strong of hand in the conflict of the Passion. Now what He seems to wish for against His enemies, is not the wish of malevolence, but the declaration of their punishment; as in the Gospel, Matthew 11:20-24 with the cities, in which though He had performed miracles, yet they had not believed on Him, He does not wish in any evil will what He says, but predicts what is impending over them. 2. “Unto You, O Lord, have…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 28
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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