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Psalms 118:19 — King James Version← Study notes

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:


Psalms 118:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:198 words
HebrewMeaning
פִּתְחוּpitəḥw
openverbH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
לִ֥/יliy
pron
שַׁעֲרֵיšaʿărēy
the gates ofnounH8179
door · gate · port
צֶ֑דֶקṣedeq
righteousnessnounH6664
even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)
אָֽבֹאʾābōʾ
I will goverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
בָ֝/םbām
pron
אוֹדֶ֥הʾwōdeh
I will give thanks toverbH3034
confess · praise · shoot · thank(-ful ···
יָֽהּyāh
YahwehnounH3050
the Lord · most vehement. Compare names in '-iah · ' '-jah.'
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 118:19

1. ...We are taught in this Psalm, when we chaunt Allelujah, which means, Praise the Lord, that we should, when we hear the words, “Confess unto the Lord” Psalm 117:1, praise the Lord. The praise of God could not be expressed in fewer words than these, “For He is good.” I see not what can be more solemn than this brevity, since goodness is so peculiarly the quality of God, that the Son of God Himself when addressed by some one as “Good Master,” by one, namely, who beholding…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 118 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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