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Psalms 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.


Psalms 3:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 3:16 words
HebrewMeaning
מִזְמ֥וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
לְ/דָוִ֑דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
בְּ֝/בָרְח֗/וֹbəbārəḥwō
when fled hepronH1272
fain · flee · put to flight · make haste ···
מִ/פְּנֵ֤יmipənēy
from beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אַבְשָׁל֬וֹםʾabəšālwōm
AbsalomnounH53
Absalom
בְּנֽ/וֹbənwō
son hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
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 3:1

A psalm of David, when he fled from the face of Abessalon his son. 1. The words, “I slept, and took rest; and rose, for the Lord will take me up,” lead us to believe that this Psalm is to be understood as in the Person of Christ; for they sound more applicable to the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord, than to that history in which David's flight is described from the face of his rebellious son. And, since it is written of Christ's disciples, “The sons of the bridegroom…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 3 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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