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Psalms 119:175 — King James Version← Study notes

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.


Psalms 119:175Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1755 words
HebrewMeaning
תְּֽחִיtəḥiy
may it liveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
נַ֭פְשִׁ/יnapəšiy
self mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וּֽ/תְהַֽלְלֶ֑/ךָּwtəhaləlekā
so it may praise youconjH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
וּֽ/מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥/ךָwmišəpāṭekā
and judgments yourconjH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
יַעֲזְרֻֽ/נִיyaʿăzəruniy
may they help meverbH5826
succour
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 119:175

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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