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Psalms 64:5 — King James Version← Study notes

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?


Psalms 64:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 64:57 words
HebrewMeaning
לִ/יר֣וֹתliyrwōt
to shootpronH3384
cast · direct · inform · instruct ···
בַּ/מִּסְתָּרִ֣יםbamisətāriym
in secret placespronH4565
place)
תָּ֑םtām
the blamelessadjH8535
perfect · plain · undefiled · upright
פִּתְאֹ֥םpitəʾōm
suddenlyadvH6597
sudden
יֹ֝רֻ֗/הוּyōruhw
they shoot at himverbH3384
cast · direct · inform · instruct ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִירָֽאוּyiyrāʾw
they are afraidverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
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 64:5

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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