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Psalms 119:163 — King James Version← Study notes

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.


Psalms 119:163Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1635 words
HebrewMeaning
שֶׁ֣קֶרšeqer
falsehoodnounH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
שָׂ֭נֵאתִיśānēʾtiy
I hateverbH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
וַ/אֲתַעֵ֑בָהwaʾătaʿēbāh
and I abhorconjH8581
(be · commit more · do) abominable · utterly
תּוֹרָתְ/ךָ֥twōrātəkā
law yournounH8451
אָהָֽבְתִּיʾāhābətiy
I loveverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
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 119:163

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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