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Psalms 31:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.


Psalms 31:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 31:28 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/ךָ֖bəkā
pron
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
חָ֭סִיתִיḥāsiytiy
I have taken refugeverbH2620
make refuge · trust
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
אֵב֣וֹשָׁהʾēbwōšāh
I be ashamedverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
לְ/עוֹלָ֑םləʿwōlām
for everpronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
בְּ/צִדְקָתְ/ךָ֥bəṣidəqātəkā
in righteousness yourpronH6666
moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)
פַלְּטֵֽ/נִיpaləṭēniy
deliver meverbH6403
carry away safe · deliver · escape
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 31:2

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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