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Psalms 55:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.


Psalms 55:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:36 words
HebrewMeaning
הַקְשִׁ֣יבָ/הhaqəšiybāh
pay attention !verbH7181
hear · give heed · incline · mark ···
לִּ֣/יliy
pron
וַ/עֲנֵ֑/נִיwaʿănēniy
and answer meconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אָרִ֖ידʾāriyd
I am restlessverbH7300
be lord · mourn · rule
בְּ/שִׂיחִ֣/יbəśiyḥiy
in complaint mypronH7879
communication · complaint · meditation · prayer ···
וְ/אָהִֽימָהwəʾāhiymāh
and I am distraughtconjH1949
move · make a noise · put · ring again
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 55:3

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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