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Psalms 59:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.


Psalms 59:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 59:36 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ֭צִּילֵ/נִיhaṣiylēniy
deliver meverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
מִ/פֹּ֣עֲלֵיmipōʿălēy
from those who dopronH6466
do · make · ordain · work
אָ֑וֶןʾāwen
wickednessnounH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
וּֽ/מֵ/אַנְשֵׁ֥יwmēʾanəšēy
manconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
דָ֝מִ֗יםdāmiym
bloodnounH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
הוֹשִׁיעֵֽ/נִיhwōšiyʿēniy
save meverbH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
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 59:3

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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