Psalms 7:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.”

Psalms 7:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 7:57 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

גָּ֭מַלְתִּיgāmalətiy

I have repaidverbH1580

deal bountifully · do · recompense · requite ···

שֽׁוֹלְמִ֥/יšwōləmiy

one who is at peace with meverbH7999

end · finish · full · give again ···

רָ֑עrāʿ

eviladjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

וָ/אֲחַלְּצָ֖/הwāʾăḥaləṣāh

and I have rescued !conjH2502

(go · ready) armed ( man · soldier) · deliver ···

צוֹרְרִ֣/יṣwōrəriy

opposer myverbH6887

afflict · beseige · bind · (be in ···

רֵיקָֽםrēyqām

without causeadvH7387

empty · in vain · void

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 7:5

A psalm to David himself, which he sung to the Lord, for the words of Chusi, son of Jemini. 1. Now the story which gave occasion to this prophecy may be easily recognised in the second book of Kings. 2 Samuel 15:34-37 For there Chusi, the friend of king David, went over to the side of Abessalon, his son, who was carrying on war against his father, for the purpose of discovering and reporting the designs which he was taking against his father, at the instigation of…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 7 (excerpt)

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

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