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Psalms 119:169 — King James Version← Study notes

Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.


Psalms 119:169Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1696 words
HebrewMeaning
תִּקְרַ֤בtiqərab
may it draw nearverbH7126
bring (forth · near) · come (near · nigh) ···
רִנָּתִ֣/יrinātiy
cry of entreaty mynounH7440
gladness · joy · proclamation · rejoicing ···
לְ/פָנֶ֣י/ךָləpāneykā
before youpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּ/דְבָרְ/ךָ֥kidəbārəkā
according to word yourpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הֲבִינֵֽ/נִיhăbiynēniy
give understanding meverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
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 119:169

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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