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Psalms 119:136 — King James Version← Study notes

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.


Psalms 119:136Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1368 words
HebrewMeaning
פַּלְגֵיpaləgēy
streams ofnounH6388
stream
מַ֭יִםmayim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
יָרְד֣וּyārədw
they have gone downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
עֵינָ֑/יʿēynāy
eyes mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
עַ֝֗לʿal
becausepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁמְר֥וּšāmərw
people keepverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
תוֹרָתֶֽ/ךָtwōrātekā
law yournounH8451
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 119:136

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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