Psalms 119:75 — King James Version← Study notes

“I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.”

Psalms 119:75 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:757 words

HebrewMeaning

יָדַ֣עְתִּיyādaʿətiy

I knowverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh

O YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כִּיkiy

thatconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

צֶ֣דֶקṣedeq

are righteousnessnounH6664

even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)

מִשְׁפָּטֶ֑י/ךָmišəpāṭeykā

judgments yournounH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

וֶ֝/אֱמוּנָ֗הweʾĕmwnāh

and faithfulnessconjH530

-ly · -ness · ) · set office ···

עִנִּיתָֽ/נִיʿiniytāniy

you have afflicted meverbH6031

afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for

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 119:75

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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