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Psalms 38:12 — King James Version← Study notes

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.


Psalms 38:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:128 words
HebrewMeaning
אֹֽהֲבַ֨/יʾōhăbay
friends myverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
וְ/רֵעַ֗/יwərēʿay
and companions myconjH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
מִ/נֶּ֣גֶדmineged
from beforepronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
נִגְעִ֣/יnigəʿiy
plague mynounH5061
sore · stricken · stripe · stroke ···
יַעֲמֹ֑דוּyaʿămōdw
they standverbH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
וּ֝/קְרוֹבַ֗/יwqərwōbay
and kinsmen myconjH7138
approach · at hand · any of kin · kinsfold ···
מֵ/רָחֹ֥קmērāḥōq
from a distancepronH7350
off) · long ago · of old · space ···
עָמָֽדוּʿāmādw
they have stoodverbH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
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 38:12

A psalm to David himself, on the remembrance of the Sabbath. 1. What does this recollection of the Sabbath mean? What is this Sabbath? For it is with groaning that he “calls it to recollection.” You have both heard already when the Psalm was read, and you will now hear it when we shall go over it, how great is his groaning, his mourning, his tears, his misery. But happy he who is wretched after this manner! Whence the Lord also in the Gospel Matthew 5:4 called some who mourn…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 38 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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