Psalms 91:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.”

Psalms 91:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 91:78 words

HebrewMeaning

יִפֹּ֤לyipōl

it will fallverbH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

מִ/צִּדְּ/ךָ֨miṣidəkā

from side yourpronH6654

אֶ֗לֶףʾelep

a thousandadjH505

וּ/רְבָבָ֥הwrəbābāh

and ten thousandconjH7233

million · multiply · ten thousand

מִ/ימִינֶ֑/ךָmiymiynekā

from right hand yourpronH3225

left-handed · side) · south

אֵ֝לֶ֗י/ךָʾēleykā

to youpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִגָּֽשׁyigāš

it will draw nearverbH5066

bring (forth · hither · near) · come (hither ···

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 91:7

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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