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Psalms 119:31 — King James Version← Study notes

I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.


Psalms 119:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:315 words
HebrewMeaning
דָּבַ֥קְתִּיdābaqətiy
I have clungverbH1692
cleave · follow close · be joined · keep ···
בְ/עֵֽדְוֺתֶ֑י/ךָbəʿēdəwōteykā
to testimonies yourpronH5715
witness
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּבִישֵֽׁ/נִיtəbiyšēniy
you put to shame meverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
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 119:31

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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