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Psalms 119:61 — King James Version← Study notes

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.


Psalms 119:61Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:616 words
HebrewMeaning
חֶבְלֵ֣יḥebəlēy
the ropes ofnounH2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
עִוְּדֻ֑/נִיʿiwəduniy
they have surrounded meverbH5749
charge · earnestly · lift up · protest ···
תּֽ֝וֹרָתְ/ךָ֗twōrātəkā
law yournounH8451
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁכָֽחְתִּיšākāḥətiy
I have forgottenverbH7911
at all
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 119:61

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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