Psalms 86:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.”

Psalms 86:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 86:169 words

HebrewMeaning

פְּנֵ֥הpənēh

turnverbH6437

at tide · behold · cast out · come on ···

אֵלַ֗/יʾēlay

to mepronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

וְ/חָ֫נֵּ֥/נִיwəḥānēniy

and show favor to meconjH2603

fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···

תְּנָֽ/הtənāh

give !verbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

עֻזְּ/ךָ֥ʿuzəkā

strength yournounH5797

loud · might · power · strength ···

לְ/עַבְדֶּ֑/ךָləʿabədekā

to servant yourpronH5650

bondage · servant · servant

וְ֝/הוֹשִׁ֗יעָ/הwəhwōšiyʿāh

and save !conjH3467

at all · defend · deliver · help ···

לְ/בֶןləben

the son ofpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

אֲמָתֶֽ/ךָʾămātekā

maidservant yournounH519

maid

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 86:16

1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 86 (excerpt)

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

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