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Psalms 59:4 — King James Version← Study notes

They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.


Psalms 59:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 59:412 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִנֵּ֪הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
אָֽרְב֡וּʾārəbw
they lie in waitverbH693
lay wait
לְ/נַפְשִׁ֗/יlənapəšiy
for life mypronH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
יָג֣וּרוּyāgwrw
they stir up troubleverbH1481
assemble · be afraid · dwell · fear ···
עָלַ֣/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עַזִ֑יםʿaziym
fierce peopleadjH5794
greedy · mighty · power · roughly ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
פִשְׁעִ֖/יpišəʿiy
transgression mynounH6588
sin · transgression · trespass
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חַטָּאתִ֣/יḥaṭāʾtiy
sin mynounH2403
purifying · sin(-ner · offering)
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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 59:4

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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