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Psalms 109:1

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

KJV

Psalmus David. Dixit Dominus Domino meo : Sede a dextris meis, donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum.

Vulgate

Τῷ Δαυεὶδ ψαλμός. Εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.

LXX

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

ASV

לַ֭/מְנַצֵּחַ לְ/דָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר אֱלֹהֵ֥י תְ֝הִלָּתִ֗/י אַֽל תֶּחֱרַֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
וֹ
v
noun · 58×
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מְנַצֵּ֥חַ
mntsch
verb · 65×
מִזְמ֥וֹר
mzmvr
noun · 57×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. This then is one way, and the first, by which he cast down their pride; the next has greater force. What then is this? In that he shows that not even this thing itself was in all points complete, but imperfect, and extremely so. And not only imperfect, but also injurious, unless there were another thing joined together with it. For having said that we have knowledge, he adde…
1. Faith is indeed great and brings salvation, and without it, it is not possible ever to be saved. It suffices not however of itself to accomplish this, but there is need of a right conversation also. So that on this account Paul also exhorts those who had already been counted worthy of the mysteries; saying, Let us labor to enter into that rest. Let us labor (he says), Faith …

Cross-references

  • Deut 10:21 — He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
  • Exod 15:2 — The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
  • Isa 42:14 — I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
  • Jer 17:14 — Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
  • Jer 17:14 — Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
  • Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
  • Ps 35:22 — This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
  • Ps 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
  • Ps 83:1 — Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
  • Ps 83:1 — Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
  • Ps 120:2 — Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.