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Psalms 70:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.


Psalms 70:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 70:39 words
HebrewMeaning
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyēbōšw
may they be ashamedverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
וְ/יַחְפְּרוּ֮wəyaḥəpərw
and they may be abashedconjH2659
be confounded · be brought to confusion · come shame · bring reproach
מְבַקְשֵׁ֪יməbaqəšēy
those who seekverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
נַ֫פְשִׁ֥/יnapəšiy
life mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
יִסֹּ֣גוּyisōgw
may they be turned backverbH5472
drive · go back · turn (away · back)
אָ֭חוֹרʾāḥwōr
backwardsnounH268
back (part · -side · -ward) · hereafter ···
וְ/יִכָּלְמ֑וּwəyikāləmw
and may they be humiliatedconjH3637
blush · be confounded · be put to confusion · hurt ···
חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗יḥăpēṣēy
the people desirous ofadjH2655
desire · favour · please · have pleasure ···
רָעָתִֽ/יrāʿātiy
harm mynounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
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 70:3

1. Thanks to the “Grain of wheat,” because He willed to die and to be multiplied: thanks to the only Son of God, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who disdained not to undergo our death, in order that He might make us worthy of His life. Behold Him that was single until He went hence; as He said in another Psalm, “Single I am until I go hence;” for He was a single grain of wheat in such sort as that He had in Himself a great fruitfulness of increase; in how many corns…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 70 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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