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Psalms 119:154 — King James Version← Study notes

Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.


Psalms 119:154Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1545 words
HebrewMeaning
רִיבָ֣/הriybāh
conduct !verbH7378
chide · complain · contend · debate ···
רִ֭יבִ/יriybiy
case mynounH7379
adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···
וּ/גְאָלֵ֑/נִיwgəʾālēniy
and redeem meconjH1350
in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···
לְ/אִמְרָתְ/ךָ֥ləʾimərātəkā
to word yourpronH565
speech · word
חַיֵּֽ/נִיḥayēniy
preserve alive meverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
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 119:154

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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