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Psalms 119:67 — King James Version← Study notes

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.


Psalms 119:67Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:677 words
HebrewMeaning
טֶ֣רֶםṭerem
beforeadvH2962
ere · not yet
אֶ֭עֱנֶהʾeʿĕneh
I was afflictedverbH6031
afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
שֹׁגֵ֑גšōgēg
was going astrayverbH7683
also for that · err · go astray · sin ignorantly
וְ֝/עַתָּ֗הwəʿatāh
and nowconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
אִמְרָתְ/ךָ֥ʾimərātəkā
word yournounH565
speech · word
שָׁמָֽרְתִּיšāmārətiy
I keepverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · 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 119:67

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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