Psalms 71:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.”

Psalms 71:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:27 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/צִדְקָתְ/ךָ֗bəṣidəqātəkā

in righteousness yourpronH6666

moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)

תַּצִּילֵ֥/נִיtaṣiylēniy

you will rescue meverbH5337

at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···

וּֽ/תְפַלְּטֵ֑/נִיwtəpaləṭēniy

and you will deliver meconjH6403

carry away safe · deliver · escape

הַטֵּֽהhaṭēh

inclineverbH5186

afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···

אֵלַ֥/יʾēlay

to mepronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אָ֝זְנְ/ךָ֗ʾāzənəkā

ear yournounH241

advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···

וְ/הוֹשִׁיעֵֽ/נִיwəhwōšiyʿēniy

and save meconjH3467

at all · defend · deliver · help ···

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 71:2

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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