Psalms 91:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”

Psalms 91:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 91:137 words

HebrewMeaning

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

שַׁ֣חַלšaḥal

a lionnounH7826

וָ/פֶ֣תֶןwāpeten

and a cobraconjH6620

תִּדְרֹ֑ךְtidərōkə

you will treadverbH1869

bend · come · draw · go ···

תִּרְמֹ֖סtirəmōs

you will trampleverbH7429

stamp upon · trample · tread (down · upon)

כְּפִ֣ירkəpiyr

a young lionnounH3715

village. Compare

וְ/תַנִּֽיןwətaniyn

and a serpentconjH8577

sea-monster · serpent · whale

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 91:13

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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