Psalms 35:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.”

Psalms 35:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 35:39 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/הָ֘רֵ֤קwəhārēq

and draw outconjH7324

arm · draw · empty · pour forth

חֲנִ֣יתḥăniyt

a spearnounH2595

spear

וּ֭/סְגֹרwsəgōr

and lanceconjH5462

deliver · give over · inclose · pure ···

לִ/קְרַ֣אתliqəraʾt

helppronH7125

against · meet · seek · to ···

רֹדְפָ֑/יrōdəpāy

pursuers myverbH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

אֱמֹ֥רʾĕmōr

sayverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לְ֝/נַפְשִׁ֗/יlənapəšiy

to self mypronH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

יְֽשֻׁעָתֵ֥/ךְyəšuʿātēkə

am salvation yournounH3444

health · help · salvation · save ···

אָֽנִיʾāniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

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 35:3

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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