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Psalms 119:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.


Psalms 119:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:117 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ֭/לִבִּ/יbəlibiy
in heart mypronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
צָפַ֣נְתִּיṣāpanətiy
I have hiddenverbH6845
hide(-den one · self) · lay up · lurk privily ···
אִמְרָתֶ֑/ךָʾimərātekā
word yournounH565
speech · word
לְ֝מַ֗עַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֶֽחֱטָאʾeḥĕṭāʾ
I will sinverbH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
לָֽ/ךְlākə
pron
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 119:11

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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