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Psalms 119:104 — King James Version← Study notes

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.


Psalms 119:104Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1048 words
HebrewMeaning
מִ/פִּקּוּדֶ֥י/ךָmipiqwdeykā
from precepts yourpronH6490
precept · statute
אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ןʾetəbwōnān
I gain understandingverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
עַלʿal
there-pronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּ֝֗ןkēn
-foreparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
שָׂנֵ֤אתִיśānēʾtiy
I hateverbH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֹ֬רַחʾōraḥ
path ofnounH734
path · race · rank · traveller ···
שָֽׁקֶרšāqer
falsehoodnounH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
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 119:104

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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