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Psalms 119:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.


Psalms 119:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:16 words
HebrewMeaning
אַשְׁרֵ֥יʾašərēy
how blessed!nounH835
happy
תְמִֽימֵיtəmiymēy
are people blameless ofadjH8549
complete · full · perfect · sincerely ···
דָ֑רֶךְdārekə
waynounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
הַֽ֝/הֹלְכִ֗יםhahōləkiym
those who walkparticleH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
בְּ/תוֹרַ֥תbətwōrat
in the law ofpronH8451
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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 119:1

1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 119 (Aleph)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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