Psalms 64:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.”

Psalms 64:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 64:48 words

HebrewMeaning

אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer

whoparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

שָׁנְנ֣וּšānənw

they sharpenverbH8150

sharp · teach diligently · whet

כַ/חֶ֣רֶבkaḥereb

like swordpronH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

לְשׁוֹנָ֑/םləšwōnām

tongue theirnounH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

דָּרְכ֥וּdārəkw

they bendverbH1869

bend · come · draw · go ···

חִ֝צָּ֗/םḥiṣām

arrow theirnounH2671

archer · dart · shaft · staff ···

דָּבָ֥רdābār

a wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

מָֽרmār

bitteradjH4751

angry · -ness) · chafed · discontented ···

ℹWords 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 64:4

1. Though chiefly the Lord's Passion is noticed in this Psalm, neither could the Martyrs have been strong, unless they had beheld Him, that first suffered; nor such things would they have endured in suffering, as He did, unless they had hoped for such things in the Resurrection as He had showed of Himself: but your Holiness knows that our Head is our Lord Jesus Christ, and that all that cleave unto Him are the members of Him the Head ....And let no one say, that now-a-days in…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 64 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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