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Psalms 59:12 — King James Version← Study notes

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.


Psalms 59:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 59:1210 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּהַרְגֵ֤/םtaharəgēm
you kill themverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
פֶּֽןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
יִשְׁכְּח֬וּyišəkəḥw
they should forgetverbH7911
at all
עַמִּ֗/יʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
הֲנִיעֵ֣/מוֹhăniyʿēmwō
make wander about themverbH5128
fugitive · make · to up and down · be gone away ···
בְ֭/חֵילְ/ךָbəḥēyləkā
by strength yourpronH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
וְ/הוֹרִידֵ֑/מוֹwəhwōriydēmwō
and bring down themconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
מָֽגִנֵּ֣/נוּmāginēnw
O shield ournounH4043
armed · defence · ruler · scale ···
אֲדֹנָֽ/יʾădōnāy
O LordnounH136
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 59:12

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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