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Psalms 71:7 — King James Version← Study notes

I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.


Psalms 71:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:76 words
HebrewMeaning
כְּ֭/מוֹפֵתkəmwōpēt
like a portentpronH4159
sign · wonder
הָיִ֣יתִיhāyiytiy
I have becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/רַבִּ֑יםlərabiym
for many peoplepronH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
וְ֝/אַתָּ֗הwəʾatāh
and youconjH859
thou · ye · you
מַֽחֲסִ/יmaḥăsiy
are refuge of mynounH4268
refuge · shelter · trust
עֹֽזʿōz
strengthnounH5797
loud · might · power · strength ···
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 71:7

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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