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Psalms 119:52 — King James Version← Study notes

I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself.


Psalms 119:52Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:525 words
HebrewMeaning
זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּיzākarətiy
I rememberverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖י/ךָmišəpāṭeykā
judgments yournounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
מֵ/עוֹלָ֥םmēʿwōlām
from long agopronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וָֽ/אֶתְנֶחָֽםwāʾetəneḥām
and I have comforted myselfconjH5162
ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)
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 119:52

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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