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Psalms 119:17 — King James Version← Study notes

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.


Psalms 119:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:176 words
HebrewMeaning
גְּמֹ֖לgəmōl
deal bountifullyverbH1580
deal bountifully · do · recompense · requite ···
עַֽלʿal
towardspronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עַבְדְּ/ךָ֥ʿabədəkā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
אֶֽחְיֶ֗הʾeḥəyeh
I will liveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וְ/אֶשְׁמְרָ֥הwəʾešəmərāh
and I will keepconjH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
דְבָרֶֽ/ךָdəbārekā
word yournounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
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 119:17

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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