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Psalms 3:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.


Psalms 3:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 3:813 words
HebrewMeaning
ק֘וּמָ֤/הqwmāh
arise !verbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הוֹשִׁ֘יעֵ֤/נִיhwōšiyʿēniy
save meverbH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
אֱלֹהַ֗/יʾĕlōhay
O God mynounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִכִּ֣יתָhikiytā
you have struckverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֹיְבַ֣/יʾōyəbay
enemies myverbH341
foe
לֶ֑חִיleḥiy
jawnounH3895
jaw
שִׁנֵּ֖יšinēy
the teeth ofnounH8127
forefront · ivory · sharp · tooth
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
שִׁבַּֽרְתָּšibarətā
you have brokenverbH7665
off · in pieces · up) · broken ···
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 3:8

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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