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Psalms 56:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.


Psalms 56:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 56:79 words
HebrewMeaning
יָג֤וּרוּyāgwrw
they stir up troubleverbH1481
assemble · be afraid · dwell · fear ···
יצפינוyṣpynw
esteemverbH6845
hide(-den one · self) · lay up · lurk privily ···
יִצְפּ֗וֹנוּyiṣəpwōnw
esteemverbH6845
hide(-den one · self) · lay up · lurk privily ···
הֵ֭מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
עֲקֵבַ֣/יʿăqēbay
heels mynounH6119
hoof · last · lier in wait (by mistake for
יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּyišəmōrw
they watch forverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
כַּ֝/אֲשֶׁ֗רkaʾăšer
just aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
קִוּ֥וּqiww
they have waited forverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
נַפְשִֽׁ/יnapəšiy
life mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
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 56:7

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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