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Psalms 88:17 — King James Version← Study notes

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.


Psalms 88:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 88:175 words
HebrewMeaning
עָ֭לַ/יʿālay
over mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עָבְר֣וּʿābərw
they have passedverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
חֲרוֹנֶ֑י/ךָḥărwōneykā
anger yournounH2740
fierce · fury · wrath
בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗י/ךָbiʿwteykā
terrors yournounH1161
צִמְּתוּתֻֽ/נִיṣimətwtuniy
they have destroyed meverbH6789
cut off · destroy · vanish
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 88:17

1. The Title of this eighty-seventh Psalm contains a fresh subject for enquiry: the words occurring here, “for Melech to respond,” being nowhere else found. We have already given our opinion on the meaning of the titles Psalmus Cantici and Canticum Psalmi: and the words, “sons of Core,” are constantly repeated, and have often been explained: so also “to the end;” but what comes next in this title is peculiar. For “Melech” we may translate into Latin “for the chorus,” for…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 88 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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