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Psalms 31:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.


Psalms 31:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 31:166 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/יָדְ/ךָ֥bəyādəkā
are in hand yourpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
עִתֹּתָ֑/יʿitōtāy
times mynounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤/נִיhaṣiylēniy
deliver meverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
מִ/יַּדmiyad
from the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
א֝וֹיְבַ֗/יʾwōyəbay
enemies myverbH341
foe
וּ/מֵ/רֹדְפָֽ/יwmērōdəpāy
and from pursuers myconjH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
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 31:16

To the end, a psalm of David himself, an ecstasy. 1. To the end a Psalm of David Himself, the Mediator strong of hand in persecutions. For the word ecstasy, which is added to the title, signifies a transport of the mind, which is produced either by a panic, or by some revelation. But in this Psalm the panic of the people of God troubled by the persecution of all the heathen, and by the failing of faith throughout the world, is principally seen. But first the Mediator Himself…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 31
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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