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Psalms 55:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;


Psalms 55:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:26 words
HebrewMeaning
הַאֲזִ֣ינָ/הhaʾăziynāh
give ear to !verbH238
hear. See
אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
תְּפִלָּתִ֑/יtəpilātiy
prayer mynounH8605
וְ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּ֝תְעַלַּ֗םtitəʿalam
you hide yourselfverbH5956
any ways · dissembler · hide · secret
מִ/תְּחִנָּתִֽ/יmitəḥinātiy
from supplication mypronH8467
grace · supplication
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 55:2

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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