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Psalms 119:122 — King James Version← Study notes

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.


Psalms 119:122Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1226 words
HebrewMeaning
עֲרֹ֣בʿărōb
stand surety forverbH6148
meddle · mingle · mortgage · occupy ···
עַבְדְּ/ךָ֣ʿabədəkā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
לְ/ט֑וֹבləṭwōb
for goodpronH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יַעַשְׁקֻ֥/נִיyaʿašəquniy
they oppress meverbH6231
deceive · defraud · drink up · oppress ···
זֵדִֽיםzēdiym
arrogant peopleadjH2086
proud
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 119:122

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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