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Psalms 119:171 — King James Version← Study notes

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.


Psalms 119:171Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1716 words
HebrewMeaning
תַּבַּ֣עְנָהtabaʿənāh
may they pour forthverbH5042
flowing · pour out · send forth · utter
שְׂפָתַ֣/יśəpātay
lips mynounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
תְּהִלָּ֑הtəhilāh
praisenounH8416
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תְלַמְּדֵ֣/נִיtəlamədēniy
you teach meverbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
חֻקֶּֽי/ךָḥuqeykā
decrees yournounH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
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 119:171

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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