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Psalms 55:4 — King James Version← Study notes

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.


Psalms 55:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:411 words
HebrewMeaning
מִ/קּ֤וֹלmiqwōl
from the sound ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
אוֹיֵ֗בʾwōyēb
an enemyverbH341
foe
מִ/פְּנֵ֣יmipənēy
because ofpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
עָקַ֣תʿāqat
the pressure ofnounH6125
רָשָׁ֑עrāšāʿ
the wickedadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָמִ֥יטוּyāmiyṭw
they dropverbH4131
cast · be out of course · be fallen in decay · exceedingly ···
עָלַ֥/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אָ֝֗וֶןʾāwen
wickednessnounH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
וּ/בְ/אַ֥ףwbəʾap
and in angerconjH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
יִשְׂטְמֽוּ/נִיyiśəṭəmwniy
they are hostile to meverbH7852
oppose self against
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 55:4

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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