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Psalms 119:161 — King James Version← Study notes

Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.


Psalms 119:161Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1617 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׂ֭רִיםśāriym
icialsnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
רְדָפ֣וּ/נִיrədāpwniy
they have harassed meverbH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
חִנָּ֑םḥinām
without causeadvH2600
wages) · causeless · to cost nothing · free ···
ו/מ/דברי/ךwmdbryk
wordconjH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
וּ֝/מִ/דְּבָרְ/ךָ֗wmidəbārəkā
wordconjH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
פָּחַ֥דpāḥad
it is in dreadverbH6342
stand in awe · fear · make to shake
לִבִּֽ/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
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 119:161

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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