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Psalms 119:103 — King James Version← Study notes

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!


Psalms 119:103Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1036 words
HebrewMeaning
מַהmah
how!particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נִּמְלְצ֣וּnimələṣw
they are smoothverbH4452
לְ֭/חִכִּ/יləḥikiy
to palate mypronH2441
taste
אִמְרָתֶ֗/ךָʾimərātekā
word yournounH565
speech · word
מִ/דְּבַ֥שׁmidəbaš
more than honeypronH1706
לְ/פִֽ/יləpiy
to mouth mypronH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
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 119:103

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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