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Psalms 119:34 — King James Version← Study notes

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.


Psalms 119:34Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:346 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ֭בִינֵ/נִיhăbiynēniy
give understanding meverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
וְ/אֶצְּרָ֥הwəʾeṣərāh
so let me observeconjH5341
hidden thing · keep(-er · -ing) · monument ···
תֽוֹרָתֶ֗/ךָtwōrātekā
law yournounH8451
וְ/אֶשְׁמְרֶ֥/נָּהwəʾešəmərenāh
so I may keep itconjH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
בְ/כָלbəkāl
with allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
לֵֽבlēb
the heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
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 119:34

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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