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Psalms 119:157 — King James Version← Study notes

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.


Psalms 119:157Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1576 words
HebrewMeaning
רַ֭בִּיםrabiym
are manyadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
רֹדְפַ֣/יrōdəpay
those who harass meverbH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
וְ/צָרָ֑/יwəṣārāy
and foes myconjH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
מֵ֝/עֵדְוֺתֶ֗י/ךָmēʿēdəwōteykā
from testimonies yourpronH5715
witness
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נָטִֽיתִיnāṭiytiy
I have turned asideverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
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 119:157

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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