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Psalms 119:48 — King James Version← Study notes

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.


Psalms 119:48Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:488 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אֶשָּֽׂאwəʾeśāʾ
and I may lift upconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
כַפַּ֗/יkapay
hands mynounH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
אֶֽלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מִ֭צְוֺתֶי/ךָmiṣəwōteykā
commandments yournounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָהָ֗בְתִּיʾāhābətiy
I loveverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
וְ/אָשִׂ֥יחָהwəʾāśiyḥāh
and I will meditateconjH7878
complain · declare · meditate · muse ···
בְ/חֻקֶּֽי/ךָbəḥuqeykā
on decrees yourpronH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
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 119:48

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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