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Psalms 55:16 — King James Version← Study notes

As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.


Psalms 55:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:1611 words
HebrewMeaning
ישימותyšymwt
let death seizenounH3451
יַשִּׁ֤יyašiy
beguileverbH5377
deceive · greatly · utterly
מָ֨וֶתmāwet
deadnounH4194
death · die
עָלֵ֗י/מוֹʿālēymwō
on thempronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יֵרְד֣וּyērədw
may they go downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
שְׁא֣וֹלšəʾwōl
SheolnounH7585
hell · pit
חַיִּ֑יםḥayiym
aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רָע֖וֹתrāʿwōt
evil deedsnounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
בִּ/מְגוּרָ֣/םbiməgwrām
are in sojourning-place theirpronH4033
pilgrimage · where sojourn · be a stranger. Compare
בְּ/קִרְבָּֽ/םbəqirəbām
in inner being theirpronH7130
among · before · unto charge · eat ···
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 55:16

1. Of this Psalm the title is: “At the end, in hymns, understanding to David himself.” What the “end” is, we will briefly call to your recollection, because you have known it. “For the end of the Law is Christ, for righteousness unto every man believing.” Romans 10:4 Be the attention therefore directed unto the End, directed unto Christ. Wherefore is He called the end? Because whatever we do, to Him we refer it, and when to Him we shall have come home, more to ask we shall…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 55 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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