Psalms 71:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,”

Psalms 71:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:108 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אָמְר֣וּʾāmərw

they have spokenverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אוֹיְבַ֣/יʾwōyəbay

enemies myverbH341

foe

לִ֑/יliy

pron

וְ/שֹׁמְרֵ֥יwəšōmərēy

and those who watch ofconjH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

נַ֝פְשִׁ֗/יnapəšiy

life mynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

נוֹעֲצ֥וּnwōʿăṣw

they have consultedverbH3289

take advise · advise · consult · (give ···

יַחְדָּֽוyaḥədāw

togetheradvH3162

at all · both · likewise · only ···

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 71:10

1. In all the holy Scriptures the grace of God that delivers us commends itself to us, in order that it may have us commended. This is sung of in this Psalm, whereof we have undertaken to speak....This grace the Apostle commends: by this he got to have the Jews for enemies, boasting of the letter of the law and of their own justice. This then commending in the lesson which has been read, he says thus: “For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not worthy to be called an…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 71 (excerpt)

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