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Psalms 119:36 — King James Version← Study notes

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.


Psalms 119:36Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:367 words
HebrewMeaning
הַטhaṭ
inclineverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
לִ֭בִּ/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עֵדְוֺתֶ֗י/ךָʿēdəwōteykā
testimonies yournounH5715
witness
וְ/אַ֣לwəʾal
and may not it inclineconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בָּֽצַעbāṣaʿ
unjust gainnounH1215
gain · lucre · profit
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 119:36

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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