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Psalms 119:142 — King James Version← Study notes

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.


Psalms 119:142Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1425 words
HebrewMeaning
צִדְקָתְ/ךָ֣ṣidəqātəkā
righteousness yournounH6666
moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)
צֶ֣דֶקṣedeq
is righteousnessnounH6664
even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)
לְ/עוֹלָ֑םləʿwōlām
for everpronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
וְֽ/תוֹרָתְ/ךָ֥wətwōrātəkā
and law yourconjH8451
אֱמֶֽתʾĕmet
is truthnounH571
establishment · faithful · right · sure ···
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 119:142

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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