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Psalms 49:5

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

KJV

Congregate illi sanctos ejus, qui ordinant testamentum ejus super sacrificia.

Vulgate

συναγάγετε αὐτῷ τοὺς ὁσίους αὐτοῦ, τοὺς διατιθεμένους τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ θυσίαις.

LXX

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

ASV

אַטֶּ֣ה לְ/מָשָׁ֣ל אָזְנִ֑/י אֶפְתַּ֥ח בְּ֝/כִנּ֗וֹר חִידָתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
חִידָ֖ה
chydh
noun · 17×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
כִנּ֗וֹר
knvr
noun · 42×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 27:24 — Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
  • Phil 1:28 — And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
  • Prov 24:10 — If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
  • Ps 37:18 — The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
  • Ps 94:13 — That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
  • Rom 8:33 — Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.