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Psalms 91:12 — King James Version← Study notes

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.


Psalms 91:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 91:127 words
HebrewMeaning
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כַּפַּ֥יִםkapayim
handsnounH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
יִשָּׂא֑וּ/נְ/ךָyiśāʾwnəkā
they will lift up youverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
תִּגֹּ֖ףtigōp
you should strikeverbH5062
dash · hurt · plague · slay ···
בָּ/אֶ֣בֶןbāʾeben
on stonepronH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
רַגְלֶֽ/ךָragəlekā
foot yournounH7272
be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···
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 91:12

1. This Psalm is that from which the Devil dared to tempt our Lord Jesus Christ: let us therefore attend to it, that thus armed, we may be enabled to resist the tempter, not presuming in ourselves, but in Him who before us was tempted, that we might not be overcome when tempted. Temptation to Him was not necessary: the temptation of Christ is our learning, but if we listen to His answers to the devil, in order that, when ourselves are tempted, we may answer in like manner, we…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 91 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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