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Psalms 56:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.


Psalms 56:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 56:111 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֤חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
י֬וֹנַתywōnat
dovenounH3123
pigeon
אֵ֣לֶםʾēlem
congregation. ComparenounH482
רְ֭חֹקִיםrəḥōqiym
far (abroadadjH7350
off) · long ago · of old · space ···
לְ/דָוִ֣דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
מִכְתָּ֑םmikətām
a miktamnounH4387
בֶּֽ/אֱחֹ֨זbeʾĕḥōz
when seizedpronH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
אֹת֖/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
פְלִשְׁתִּ֣יםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
בְּ/גַֽתbəgat
in GathpronH1661
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 56:1

1. Just as when we are going to enter into any house, we look on the title to see whose it is and to whom it belongs, lest perchance inopportunely we burst into a place whereunto we ought not; and again, in order that we may not through timidity withdraw from that which we ought to enter: as if in a word we were to read, These estates belong to such an one or to such an one: so on the lintel of this Psalm we have inscribed, “At the end, for the people that from holy men were…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 56 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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