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Psalms 119:8 — King James Version← Study notes

I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.


Psalms 119:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:87 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
חֻקֶּ֥י/ךָḥuqeykā
decrees yournounH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
אֶשְׁמֹ֑רʾešəmōr
I will keepverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּעַזְבֵ֥/נִיtaʿazəbēniy
you forsake meverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
עַדʿad
up topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מְאֹֽדməʾōd
muchnessadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
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 119:8

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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