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Psalms 119:42 — King James Version← Study notes

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.


Psalms 119:42Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:426 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אֶֽעֱנֶ֣הwəʾeʿĕneh
so I may answerconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
חֹרְפִ֣/יḥōrəpiy
the one who taunts meverbH2778
blaspheme · defy · jeopard · rail ···
דָבָ֑רdābār
a wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בָ֝טַחְתִּיbāṭaḥətiy
I trustverbH982
secure · sure) · careless (one · woman) ···
בִּ/דְבָרֶֽ/ךָbidəbārekā
in word yourpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
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 119:42

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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