Psalms 119:60 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:605 words

HebrewMeaning

חַ֭שְׁתִּיḥašətiy

I have made hasteverbH2363

ready

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְתִּיhitəmahəmāhətiy

I have delayedverbH4102

linger · stay selves · tarry

לִ֝/שְׁמֹ֗רlišəmōr

to keeppronH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

מִצְוֺתֶֽי/ךָmiṣəwōteykā

commandments yournounH4687

law · ordinance · precept

ℹWords 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 119:60

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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