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Psalms 44:17 — King James Version← Study notes

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.


Psalms 44:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 44:176 words
HebrewMeaning
מִ֭/קּוֹלmiqwōl
from the sound ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
מְחָרֵ֣ףməḥārēp
one who tauntsverbH2778
blaspheme · defy · jeopard · rail ···
וּ/מְגַדֵּ֑ףwməgadēp
and one who revilesconjH1442
reproach
מִ/פְּנֵ֥יmipənēy
because ofpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
א֝וֹיֵ֗בʾwōyēb
an enemyverbH341
foe
וּ/מִתְנַקֵּֽםwmitənaqēm
and an avengerconjH5358
self) · punish · revenge · surely ···
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 44:17

1. This Psalm is addressed “to the sons of Korah,” as its title shows. Now Korah is equivalent to the word baldness; and we find in the Gospel that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified in “the place of a skull.” It is clear then that this Psalm is sung to the “sons of His 'Passion.'” Now we have on this point a most certain and most evident testimony from the Apostle Paul; because that at the time when the Church was suffering under the persecutions of the Gentiles, he quoted…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 44 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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