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Psalms 119:147 — King James Version← Study notes

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.


Psalms 119:147Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1476 words
HebrewMeaning
קִדַּ֣מְתִּיqidamətiy
I am earlyverbH6923
) before · disappoint · meet · prevent
בַ֭/נֶּשֶׁףbanešep
in the twilightpronH5399
dawning of the day · night · twilight
וָ/אֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָ/הwāʾăšawēʿāh
and I cried for help !conjH7768
out) · shout
ל/דברי/ךldbryk
wordpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
לִ/דְבָרְ/ךָ֥lidəbārəkā
wordpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יִחָֽלְתִּיyiḥālətiy
I hopeverbH3176
have · make to) hope · be pained · stay ···
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 119:147

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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