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Psalms 31:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.


Psalms 31:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 31:810 words
HebrewMeaning
אָגִ֥ילָהʾāgiylāh
I will rejoiceverbH1523
joy · be joyful · rejoice
וְ/אֶשְׂמְחָ֗הwəʾeśəməḥāh
and I will be gladconjH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
בְּ/חַ֫סְדֶּ֥/ךָbəḥasədekā
in covenant loyalty yourpronH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
רָ֭אִיתָrāʾiytā
you sawverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עָנְיִ֑/יʿānəyiy
affliction mynounH6040
trouble
יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּyādaʿətā
you knewverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
בְּ/צָר֥וֹתbəṣārwōt
the troubles ofpronH6869
adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···
נַפְשִֽׁ/יnapəšiy
self mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
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 31:8

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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