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Psalms 119:19 — King James Version← Study notes

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.


Psalms 119:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:197 words
HebrewMeaning
גֵּ֣רgēr
am a sojournernounH1616
sojourner · stranger
אָנֹכִ֣יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
בָ/אָ֑רֶץbāʾāreṣ
on the earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּסְתֵּ֥רtasətēr
you hideverbH5641
keep close · conceal · hide · secret ···
מִ֝מֶּ֗/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
מִצְוֺתֶֽי/ךָmiṣəwōteykā
commandments yournounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
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 119:19

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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