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Psalms 119:165 — King James Version← Study notes

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.


Psalms 119:165Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1657 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׁל֣וֹםšālwōm
peacenounH7965
do · fare · favour · friend ···
רָ֭בrāb
greatadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
לְ/אֹהֲבֵ֣יləʾōhăbēy
belongs to those who lovepronH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
תוֹרָתֶ֑/ךָtwōrātekā
law yournounH8451
וְ/אֵֽיןwəʾēyn
and notconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לָ֥/מוֹlāmwō
pron
מִכְשֽׁוֹלmikəšwōl
a stumbling blocknounH4383
offence · thing offered · ruin · stumbling-block
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 119:165

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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