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Psalms 55:22 — King James Version← Study notes

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.


Psalms 55:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:2210 words
HebrewMeaning
חָלְק֤וּḥāləqw
they were smoothverbH2505
distribute · divide · flatter · give ···
מַחְמָאֹ֣תmaḥəmāʾōt
the creamy things ofnounH4260
פִּי/ו֮piyw
mouth hisnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
וּֽ/קֲרָבwqărāb
and was warconjH7128
war
לִ֫בּ֥/וֹlibwō
heart hisnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
רַכּ֖וּrakw
they were softverbH7401
mollify · (be · make) soft · be tender
דְבָרָ֥י/וdəbārāyw
words hisnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
מִ/שֶּׁ֗מֶןmišemen
more than oilpronH8081
fat · fruitful · oil · ointment ···
וְ/הֵ֣מָּהwəhēmāh
and theyconjH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
פְתִחֽוֹתpətiḥwōt
were drawn swordsnounH6609
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 55:22

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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