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Psalms 119:140 — King James Version← Study notes

Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.


Psalms 119:140Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1405 words
HebrewMeaning
צְרוּפָ֖הṣərwpāh
has been refinedverbH6884
fine · founder · goldsmith · melt ···
אִמְרָתְ/ךָ֥ʾimərātəkā
word yournounH565
speech · word
מְאֹ֗דməʾōd
exceedinglyadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
וְֽ/עַבְדְּ/ךָ֥wəʿabədəkā
and servant yourconjH5650
bondage · servant · servant
אֲהֵבָֽ/הּʾăhēbāh
he loves itverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
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 119:140

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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