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Psalms 59:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.


Psalms 59:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 59:57 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּֽלִיbəliy
notparticleH1097
ig · for lack of · where no...is · so that no ···
עָ֭וֺןʿāwōn
iniquitynounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
יְרוּצ֣וּ/ןyərwṣwn
they run !verbH7323
divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···
וְ/יִכּוֹנָ֑נוּwəyikwōnānw
and they may be establishedconjH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
ע֖וּרָ/הʿwrāh
awake !verbH5782
up) · lift up · master · raise ···
לִ/קְרָאתִ֣/יliqərāʾtiy
helppronH7125
against · meet · seek · to ···
וּ/רְאֵהwrəʾēh
and seeconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
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 59:5

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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