Psalms 55:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.”

Psalms 55:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:187 words

HebrewMeaning

עֶ֤רֶבʿereb

eveningnounH6153

day · tide) · night

וָ/בֹ֣קֶרwābōqer

and morningconjH1242

early · morning · morrow

וְ֭/צָהֳרַיִםwəṣāhŏrayim

and noonconjH6672

noon(-day · -tide) · window

אָשִׂ֣יחָהʾāśiyḥāh

I will complainverbH7878

complain · declare · meditate · muse ···

וְ/אֶהֱמֶ֑הwəʾehĕmeh

and I may murmurconjH1993

concourse · cry aloud · be disquieted · loud ···

וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥עwayišəmaʿ

and he heardconjH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

קוֹלִֽ/יqwōliy

voice mynounH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

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 55:18

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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