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Psalms 119:173 — King James Version← Study notes

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.


Psalms 119:173Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1736 words
HebrewMeaning
תְּהִֽיtəhiy
may it beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
יָדְ/ךָ֥yādəkā
hand yournounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
לְ/עָזְרֵ֑/נִיləʿāzərēniy
about to help mepronH5826
succour
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
פִקּוּדֶ֣י/ךָpiqwdeykā
precepts yournounH6490
precept · statute
בָחָֽרְתִּיbāḥārətiy
I have chosenverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
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 119:173

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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