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Psalms 55:20 — King James Version← Study notes

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.


Psalms 55:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:2013 words
HebrewMeaning
יִשְׁמַ֤עyišəmaʿ
he will hearverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֵ֨לʾēl
GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
וְֽ/יַעֲנֵ/ם֮wəyaʿănēm
and he will answer themconjH6031
afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for
וְ/יֹ֤שֵׁ֥בwəyōšēb
and the one who sitsconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
קֶ֗דֶםqedem
antiquitynounH6924
ancient · before · east (end · part ···
סֶ֥לָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
חֲלִיפ֣וֹתḥăliypwōt
changesnounH2487
course
לָ֑/מוֹlāmwō
pron
וְ/לֹ֖אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָרְא֣וּyārəʾw
they fearverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
אֱלֹהִֽיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
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 55:20

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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