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Psalms 119:123 — King James Version← Study notes

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.


Psalms 119:123Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1235 words
HebrewMeaning
עֵ֭ינַ/יʿēynay
eyes mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
כָּל֣וּkālw
they are exhaustedverbH3615
cease · consume · determine · destroy ···
לִֽ/ישׁוּעָתֶ֑/ךָliyšwʿātekā
for deliverance yourpronH3444
health · help · salvation · save ···
וּ/לְ/אִמְרַ֥תwləʾimərat
and for the word ofconjH565
speech · word
צִדְקֶֽ/ךָṣidəqekā
righteousness yournounH6664
even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)
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 119:123

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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