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Psalms 119:51 — King James Version← Study notes

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.


Psalms 119:51Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:517 words
HebrewMeaning
זֵ֭דִיםzēdiym
arrogant peopleadjH2086
proud
הֱלִיצֻ֣/נִיhĕliyṣuniy
they have mocked meverbH3887
have in derision · interpreter · make a mock · mocker ···
עַדʿad
up topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מְאֹ֑דməʾōd
muchnessadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
מִ֝/תּֽוֹרָתְ/ךָ֗mitwōrātəkā
from law yourpronH8451
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נָטִֽיתִיnāṭiytiy
I have turned asideverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
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 119:51

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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