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Psalms 3:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.


Psalms 3:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 3:27 words
HebrewMeaning
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מָֽהmāh
how!particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
רַבּ֣וּrabw
they are manyverbH7231
be many · be more · multiply · ten thousands
צָרָ֑/יṣārāy
opponents mynounH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
רַ֝בִּ֗יםrabiym
many peopleadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
קָמִ֥יםqāmiym
are rising upverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
עָלָֽ/יʿālāy
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
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 3:2

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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