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Psalms 119:72 — King James Version← Study notes

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.


Psalms 119:72Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:727 words
HebrewMeaning
טֽוֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לִ֥/יliy
pron
תֽוֹרַתtwōrat
the law ofnounH8451
פִּ֑י/ךָpiykā
mouth yournounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
מֵ֝/אַלְפֵ֗יmēʾaləpēy
more than thousands ofpronH505
זָהָ֥בzāhāb
goldnounH2091
fair weather
וָ/כָֽסֶףwākāsep
and silverconjH3701
price · silver
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 119:72

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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