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Psalms 31:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.


Psalms 31:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 31:312 words
HebrewMeaning
הַטֵּ֤הhaṭēh
inclineverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
אֵלַ֨/יʾēlay
to mepronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָזְנְ/ךָ֮ʾāzənəkā
ear yournounH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
מְהֵרָ֪הməhērāh
quicklynounH4120
quickly · shortly · soon · make speed ···
הַצִּ֫ילֵ֥/נִיhaṣiylēniy
deliver meverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
הֱיֵ֤הhĕyēh
becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לִ֨/יliy
pron
לְֽ/צוּרləṣwr
a rock ofpronH6697
God · rock · sharp · stone ···
מָ֭עוֹזmāʿwōz
refugenounH4581
fort · rock · strength · strong
לְ/בֵ֥יתləbēyt
a house ofpronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
מְצוּד֗וֹתməṣwdwōt
strongholdsnounH4686
defense · fort · hold · be hunted ···
לְ/הוֹשִׁיעֵֽ/נִיləhwōšiyʿēniy
to save mepronH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
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 31:3

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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