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Psalms 59:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.


Psalms 59:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 59:111 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֣חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
אַלʾal
al-particleH516
תַּשְׁחֵת֮tašəḥēt
tashchethverbH516
לְ/דָוִ֪דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
מִ֫כְתָּ֥םmikətām
a miktamnounH4387
בִּ/שְׁלֹ֥חַbišəlōḥa
when sentpronH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
שָׁא֑וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְר֥וּwayišəmərw
and people watchedconjH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ֝/בַּ֗יִתhabayit
the houseparticleH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
לַ/הֲמִיתֽ/וֹlahămiytwō
to kill himpronH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
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 59:1

The First Part. 1. As the Scripture is wont to set mysteries of the Psalms on the titles, and to deck the brow of a Psalm with the high announcement of a Mystery, in order that we that are about to go in may know (when as it were upon the door-post we have read what within is doing) either of whom the house is, or who is the owner of that estate: so also in this Psalm there has been written a title, of a title. For it has, “At the end, corrupt not for David himself unto the…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 59 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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