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Psalms 119:22 — King James Version← Study notes

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.


Psalms 119:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:227 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּ֣לgal
roll awayverbH1556
remove · roll (away · down · together) ···
מֵֽ֭/עָלַ/יmēʿālay
from on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
חֶרְפָּ֣הḥerəpāh
reproachnounH2781
reproach · shame
וָ/ב֑וּזwābwz
and contemptconjH937
despised · shamed
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עֵדֹתֶ֣י/ךָʿēdōteykā
testimonies yournounH5713
witness. Compare
נָצָֽרְתִּיnāṣārətiy
I observeverbH5341
hidden thing · keep(-er · -ing) · monument ···
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 119:22

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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