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Psalms 71:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.


Psalms 71:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:47 words
HebrewMeaning
אֱֽלֹהַ֗/יʾĕlōhay
O God mynounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
פַּ֭לְּטֵ/נִיpaləṭēniy
deliver meverbH6403
carry away safe · deliver · escape
מִ/יַּ֣דmiyad
from the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
רָשָׁ֑עrāšāʿ
the wickedadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
מִ/כַּ֖ףmikap
from the hand ofpronH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
מְעַוֵּ֣לməʿawēl
the wrongdoerverbH5765
unrighteous
וְ/חוֹמֵץwəḥwōmēṣ
and the ruthlessconjH2556
dyed · be grieved · leavened
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 71:4

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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