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Psalms 71:12 — King James Version← Study notes

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.


Psalms 71:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:128 words
HebrewMeaning
אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּרְחַ֣קtirəḥaq
you be farverbH7368
be · cast · drive · get ···
מִמֶּ֑/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/יʾĕlōhay
O God mynounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
לְ/עֶזְרָ֥תִ/יləʿezərātiy
to help mypronH5833
-er)
חיש/הḥyšh
make hasteverbH2439
חֽוּשָׁ/הḥwšāh
hasteverbH2363
ready
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 71:12

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