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Psalms 3:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.


Psalms 3:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 3:78 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אִ֭ירָאʾiyrāʾ
I will be afraidverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
מֵ/רִבְב֥וֹתmēribəbwōt
from ten thousands ofpronH7233
million · multiply · ten thousand
עָ֑םʿām
peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
סָ֝בִ֗יבsābiyb
all aroundnounH5439
round) about · circuit · compass · on every side
שָׁ֣תוּšātw
they have taken a standverbH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
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 3:7

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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