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Psalms 119:118 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.


Psalms 119:118Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1187 words
HebrewMeaning
סָ֭לִיתָsāliytā
you rejectverbH5541
value
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
שׁוֹגִ֣יםšwōgiym
those who go astrayverbH7686
deceive · err · be ravished · sin through ignorance ···
מֵ/חֻקֶּ֑י/ךָmēḥuqeykā
from decrees yourpronH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שֶׁ֝֗קֶרšeqer
is falsehoodnounH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
תַּרְמִיתָֽ/םtarəmiytām
deceitfulness theirnounH8649
privily
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 119:118

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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