Psalms 71:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.”

Psalms 71:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:139 words

HebrewMeaning

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyēbōšw

may they be ashamedverbH954

make · bring to · cause · put to ···

יִכְלוּ֮yikəlw

may they come to an endverbH3615

cease · consume · determine · destroy ···

שֹׂטְנֵ֪יśōṭənēy

the accusers ofverbH7853

resist

נַ֫פְשִׁ֥/יnapəšiy

self mynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

יַֽעֲט֣וּyaʿăṭw

may they cover themselvesverbH5844

be clad · cover (-ing · self) · fill ···

חֶ֭רְפָּהḥerəpāh

reproachnounH2781

reproach · shame

וּ/כְלִמָּ֑הwkəlimāh

and ignominyconjH3639

dishonour · reproach · shame

מְ֝בַקְשֵׁ֗יməbaqəšēy

those who seekverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

רָעָתִֽ/יrāʿātiy

harm mynounH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

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 71:13

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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