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Psalms 119:172 — King James Version← Study notes

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.


Psalms 119:172Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1727 words
HebrewMeaning
תַּ֣עַןtaʿan
may it singverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
לְ֭שׁוֹנִ/יləšwōniy
tongue mynounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
אִמְרָתֶ֑/ךָʾimərātekā
word yournounH565
speech · word
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כָלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מִצְוֺתֶ֣י/ךָmiṣəwōteykā
commandments yournounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
צֶּֽדֶקṣedeq
are righteousnessnounH6664
even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)
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 119:172

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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