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Psalms 119:23 — King James Version← Study notes

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.


Psalms 119:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:238 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּ֤םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
יָֽשְׁב֣וּyāšəbw
they sitverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
שָׂ֭רִיםśāriym
officialsnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
בִּ֣/יbiy
pron
נִדְבָּ֑רוּnidəbārw
they speak togetherverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
עַ֝בְדְּ/ךָ֗ʿabədəkā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
יָשִׂ֥יחַyāśiyḥa
he meditatesverbH7878
complain · declare · meditate · muse ···
בְּ/חֻקֶּֽי/ךָbəḥuqeykā
on decrees yourpronH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
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 119:23

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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