Psalms 35:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.”

Psalms 35:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 35:1311 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/אֲנִ֤יwaʾăniy

and IconjH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

בַּ/חֲלוֹתָ֡/םbaḥălwōtām

when were sick theypronH2470

diseased · grief · be grieved · grievous ···

לְב֬וּשִׁ/יləbwšiy

clothing mynounH3830

clothed with · clothing · garment · raiment ···

שָׂ֗קśāq

was sackclothnounH8242

-clothes)

עִנֵּ֣יתִיʿinēytiy

I humbledverbH6031

afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for

בַ/צּ֣וֹםbaṣwōm

with fastingpronH6685

נַפְשִׁ֑/יnapəšiy

self mynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

וּ֝/תְפִלָּתִ֗/יwtəpilātiy

and prayer myconjH8605

עַלʿal

topronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

חֵיקִ֥/יḥēyqiy

bosom mynounH2436

bottom · lap · midst · within

תָשֽׁוּבtāšwb

it returnedverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

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 35:13

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)

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