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Psalms 119:18 — King James Version← Study notes

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.


Psalms 119:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:185 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּלgal
uncoververbH1540
advertise · bewray · bring · (carry ···
עֵינַ֥/יʿēynay
eyes mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וְ/אַבִּ֑יטָהwəʾabiyṭāh
so let me pay attention toconjH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתnipəlāʾwōt
wonderful thingsverbH6381
(arise...too · be too) hard · hidden · things too high ···
מִ/תּוֹרָתֶֽ/ךָmitwōrātekā
from law yourpronH8451
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 119:18

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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