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Psalms 119:158 — King James Version← Study notes

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.


Psalms 119:158Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1587 words
HebrewMeaning
רָאִ֣יתִיrāʾiytiy
I seeverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בֹ֭גְדִיםbōgədiym
those who act treacherouslyverbH898
unfaithfully) · offend · transgress · treacherous (dealer ···
וָֽ/אֶתְקוֹטָ֑טָ/הwāʾetəqwōṭāṭāh
and I felt disgust !conjH6962
loathe self
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אִ֝מְרָתְ/ךָ֗ʾimərātəkā
word yournounH565
speech · word
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁמָֽרוּšāmārw
they have keptverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
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 119:158

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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