Psalms 35:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.”

Psalms 35:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 35:49 words

HebrewMeaning

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyēbōšw

may they be ashamedverbH954

make · bring to · cause · put to ···

וְ/יִכָּלְמוּ֮wəyikāləmw

and they may be humiliatedconjH3637

blush · be confounded · be put to confusion · hurt ···

מְבַקְשֵׁ֪יməbaqəšēy

those who seekverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

נַ֫פְשִׁ֥/יnapəšiy

life mynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

יִסֹּ֣גוּyisōgw

may they be turned backverbH5472

drive · go back · turn (away · back)

אָח֣וֹרʾāḥwōr

backwardsnounH268

back (part · -side · -ward) · hereafter ···

וְ/יַחְפְּר֑וּwəyaḥəpərw

and may they be abashedconjH2659

be confounded · be brought to confusion · come shame · bring reproach

חֹ֝שְׁבֵ֗יḥōšəbēy

those who plotverbH2803

conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···

רָעָתִֽ/יrāʿātiy

harm mynounH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

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 35:4

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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