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Psalms 119:168 — King James Version← Study notes

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.


Psalms 119:168Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1687 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׁמַ֣רְתִּיšāmarətiy
I keepverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
פִ֭קּוּדֶי/ךָpiqwdeykā
precepts yournounH6490
precept · statute
וְ/עֵדֹתֶ֑י/ךָwəʿēdōteykā
and testimonies yourconjH5713
witness. Compare
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כָלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
דְּרָכַ֣/יdərākay
ways mynounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
נֶגְדֶּֽ/ךָnegədekā
are before youpronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
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 119:168

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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