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Psalms 64:8 — King James Version← Study notes

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.


Psalms 64:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 64:86 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּרֵ֗/םwayōrēm
and he shot at themconjH3384
cast · direct · inform · instruct ···
אֱלֹ֫הִ֥יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
חֵ֥ץḥēṣ
an arrownounH2671
archer · dart · shaft · staff ···
פִּתְא֑וֹםpitəʾwōm
suddenlyadvH6597
sudden
הָ֝י֗וּhāyw
they will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מַכּוֹתָֽ/םmakwōtām
wounds theirnounH4347
blow · plague · slaughter · smote ···
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 64:8

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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