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Psalms 55:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.


Psalms 55:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:96 words
HebrewMeaning
אָחִ֣ישָׁהʾāḥiyšāh
I want to make hasteverbH2363
ready
מִפְלָ֣טmipəlāṭ
a place of escapenounH4655
לִ֑/יliy
pron
מֵ/ר֖וּחַmērwḥa
from a windpronH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
סֹעָ֣הsōʿāh
rushingverbH5584
מִ/סָּֽעַרmisāʿar
from a stormpronH5591
tempest · whirlwind
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 55:9

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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