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Psalms 35:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?”

Psalms 35:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 35:1013 words
HebrewMeaning
כָּ֥לkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עַצְמוֹתַ֨/יʿaṣəmwōtay
bones mynounH6106
bone · life · same · strength ···
תֹּאמַרְנָה֮tōʾmarənāh
they will sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מִ֥יmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
כָ֫מ֥וֹ/ךָkāmwōkā
is like youpronH3644
as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···
מַצִּ֣ילmaṣiyl
one who deliversverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
עָ֭נִיʿāniy
a poor personadjH6041
humble · lowly · needy · poor
מֵ/חָזָ֣קmēḥāzāq
from a person too strongpronH2389
hottest · impudent · loud · mighty ···
מִמֶּ֑/נּוּmimenw
for himpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ/עָנִ֥יwəʿāniy
and the poorconjH6041
humble · lowly · needy · poor
וְ֝/אֶבְי֗וֹןwəʾebəywōn
and the needyconjH34
needy · poor
מִ/גֹּזְלֽ/וֹmigōzəlwō
from one who robs himpronH1497
consume · exercise · pluck · rob ···
ℹWords 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 35:10

1. ...The title of it causes us no delay, for it is both brief, and to be understood not difficult, especially to those nursed in the Church of God. For so it is, “To David himself.” The Psalm then is to David himself: now David is interpreted, Strong in hand, or Desirable. The Psalm then is to the Strong in hand, and Desirable, to Him who for us has overcome death, who unto us has promised life: for in this is He Strong in hand, that He has overcome death for us; in this is…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 35 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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The cost of discipleship - Psalms 35
The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character. We bring nothing; He provides everything. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is fa...
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