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Psalms 119:58 — King James Version← Study notes

I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.


Psalms 119:58Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:586 words
HebrewMeaning
חִלִּ֣יתִיḥiliytiy
I have entreatedverbH2470
diseased · grief · be grieved · grievous ···
פָנֶ֣י/ךָpāneykā
face yournounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
בְ/כָלbəkāl
with allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
לֵ֑בlēb
the heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
חָ֝נֵּ֗/נִיḥānēniy
show favor to meverbH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
כְּ/אִמְרָתֶֽ/ךָkəʾimərātekā
according to word yourpronH565
speech · word
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 119:58

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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