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Psalms 119:127 — King James Version← Study notes

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.


Psalms 119:127Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1276 words
HebrewMeaning
עַלʿal
there-pronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּ֭ןkēn
-foreparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
אָהַ֣בְתִּיʾāhabətiy
I loveverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
מִצְוֺתֶ֑י/ךָmiṣəwōteykā
commandments yournounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
מִ/זָּהָ֥בmizāhāb
more than goldpronH2091
fair weather
וּ/מִ/פָּֽזwmipāz
and more than pure goldconjH6337
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 119:127

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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