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Psalms 119:53 — King James Version← Study notes

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.


Psalms 119:53Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:535 words
HebrewMeaning
זַלְעָפָ֣הzaləʿāpāh
burning indignationnounH2152
horror · terrible
אֲ֭חָזַתְ/נִיʾăḥāzatəniy
it has seized meverbH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
מֵ/רְשָׁעִ֑יםmērəšāʿiym
from wicked peoplepronH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
עֹ֝זְבֵ֗יʿōzəbēy
who forsakeverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
תּוֹרָתֶֽ/ךָtwōrātekā
law yournounH8451
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 119:53

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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