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Psalms 119:39 — King James Version← Study notes

Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.


Psalms 119:39Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:397 words
HebrewMeaning
הַעֲבֵ֣רhaʿăbēr
take awayverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
חֶ֭רְפָּתִ/יḥerəpātiy
reproach mynounH2781
reproach · shame
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יָגֹ֑רְתִּיyāgōrətiy
I dreadverbH3025
fear
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣י/ךָmišəpāṭeykā
judgments yournounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
טוֹבִֽיםṭwōbiym
are goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
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 119:39

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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