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Psalms 56:9 — King James Version← Study notes

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.


Psalms 56:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 56:98 words
HebrewMeaning
נֹדִ/י֮nōdiy
wandering mynounH5112
סָפַ֪רְתָּ֫הsāparətāh
you have taken account ofverbH5608
count; declare · number · penknife · reckon ···
אָ֥תָּהʾātāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
שִׂ֣ימָ/הśiymāh
put !verbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
דִמְעָתִ֣/יdiməʿātiy
tears mynounH1832
בְ/נֹאדֶ֑/ךָbənōʾdekā
in skin-bottle yourpronH4997
הֲ֝/לֹ֗אhălōʾ
¿ notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
בְּ/סִפְרָתֶֽ/ךָbəsipərātekā
is it in scroll yourpronH5612
book · evidence · learn · letter ···
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 56:9

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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