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Psalms 119:37 — King James Version← Study notes

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.


Psalms 119:37Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:376 words
HebrewMeaning
הַעֲבֵ֣רhaʿăbēr
take awayverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
עֵ֭ינַ/יʿēynay
eyes mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
מֵ/רְא֣וֹתmērəʾwōt
from looking atpronH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
שָׁ֑וְאšāwəʾ
worthlessnessnounH7723
lie · lying · vain · vanity
בִּ/דְרָכֶ֥/ךָbidərākekā
in ways yourpronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
חַיֵּֽ/נִיḥayēniy
preserve alive meverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
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 119:37

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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