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Psalms 3:4 — King James Version← Study notes

I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.


Psalms 3:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 3:47 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אַתָּ֣הwəʾatāh
and youconjH859
thou · ye · you
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מָגֵ֣ןmāgēn
are a shieldnounH4043
armed · defence · ruler · scale ···
בַּעֲדִ֑/יbaʿădiy
behind mepronH1157
at by · for · over · through ···
כְּ֝בוֹדִ֗/יkəbwōdiy
honor mynounH3519
glory · honour
וּ/מֵרִ֥יםwmēriym
and the one who lifts upconjH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
רֹאשִֽׁ/יrōʾšiy
head mynounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
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 3:4

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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