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Psalms 31:18 — King James Version← Study notes

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.


Psalms 31:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 31:189 words
HebrewMeaning
יְֽהוָ֗הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
אֵ֭בוֹשָׁהʾēbwōšāh
I be ashamedverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
קְרָאתִ֑י/ךָqərāʾtiykā
I have called out to youverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
יֵבֹ֥שׁוּyēbōšw
may they be ashamedverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
יִדְּמ֥וּyidəmw
may they be silentverbH1826
be cut down · forbear · hold peace · quiet self ···
לִ/שְׁאֽוֹלlišəʾwōl
to SheolpronH7585
hell · pit
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 31:18

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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