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Psalms 119:116 — King James Version← Study notes

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.


Psalms 119:116Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1166 words
HebrewMeaning
סָמְכֵ֣/נִיsāməkēniy
sustain meverbH5564
establish · hold · lay · lean ···
כְ/אִמְרָתְ/ךָ֣kəʾimərātəkā
according to word yourpronH565
speech · word
וְ/אֶֽחְיֶ֑הwəʾeḥəyeh
so I may liveconjH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וְ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּ֝בִישֵׁ֗/נִיtəbiyšēniy
you put to shame meverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
מִ/שִּׂבְרִֽ/יmiśibəriy
from hope mypronH7664
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 119:116

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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