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Psalms 57:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.


Psalms 57:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 57:19 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֣חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
אַלʾal
al-particleH516
תַּ֭שְׁחֵתtašəḥēt
tashchethverbH516
לְ/דָוִ֣דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
מִכְתָּ֑םmikətām
a miktamnounH4387
בְּ/בָרְח֥/וֹbəbārəḥwō
when fled hepronH1272
fain · flee · put to flight · make haste ···
מִ/פְּנֵיmipənēy
from beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
שָׁ֝א֗וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
בַּ/מְּעָרָֽהbaməʿārāh
in the cavepronH4631
den · hole
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 57:1

1. We have heard in the Gospel just now, brethren, how loves us our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God with the Father, Man with us, out of our own selves, now at the right hand of the Father; you have heard how much He loves us.... 2. Because then this Psalm is singing of the Passion of the Lord, see what is the title that it has: “at the end.” The end is Christ. Romans 10:4 Why has He been called end? Not as one that consumes, but one that consummates. 3. “At the end,…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 57 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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