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Psalms 61:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.


Psalms 61:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 61:310 words
HebrewMeaning
מִ/קְצֵ֤הmiqəṣēh
from the end ofpronH7097
after · brim · brink · edge ···
הָ/אָ֨רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
אֵלֶ֣י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶ֭קְרָאʾeqərāʾ
I callverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
בַּ/עֲטֹ֣ףbaʿăṭōp
when grows faintpronH5848
fail · faint · feebler · hide self ···
לִבִּ֑/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
בְּ/צוּרbəṣwr
on a rockpronH6697
God · rock · sharp · stone ···
יָר֖וּםyārwm
which it is highverbH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
מִמֶּ֣/נִּיmimeniy
more than mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
תַנְחֵֽ/נִיtanəḥēniy
you will lead meverbH5148
bring · govern · guide · lead ···
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 61:3

1. The title of it does not detain us. For it is Unto the end, in hymns, to David himself. “In hymns,” to wit in praises. “Unto the end,” to wit unto Christ....But the voice in this Psalm (if we are among the members of Him, and in the Body, even as upon His exhortation we have the boldness to trust) we ought to acknowledge to be our own, not that of any foreigner. But I have not so called it our own, as if it were of those only that are now in presence; but our own, as being…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 61
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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