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Psalms 119:5 — King James Version← Study notes

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!


Psalms 119:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:55 words
HebrewMeaning
אַ֭חֲלַיʾaḥălay
would that!particleH305
would God
יִכֹּ֥נוּyikōnw
they will be steadfastverbH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
דְרָכָ֗/יdərākāy
ways mynounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
לִ/שְׁמֹ֥רlišəmōr
to keeppronH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
חֻקֶּֽי/ךָḥuqeykā
decrees yournounH2706
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 119:5

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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