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Psalms 119:114 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.


Psalms 119:114Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1145 words
HebrewMeaning
סִתְרִ֣/יsitəriy
are hiding place mynounH5643
covering · covert · disguise · hiding place ···
וּ/מָגִנִּ֣/יwmāginiy
and shield myconjH4043
armed · defence · ruler · scale ···
אָ֑תָּהʾātāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
לִ/דְבָרְ/ךָ֥lidəbārəkā
for word yourpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יִחָֽלְתִּיyiḥālətiy
I hopeverbH3176
have · make to) hope · be pained · stay ···
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 119:114

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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