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Psalms 119:80 — King James Version← Study notes

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.


Psalms 119:80Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:807 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהִֽיyəhiy
may it beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לִבִּ֣/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
תָמִ֣יםtāmiym
blamelessadjH8549
complete · full · perfect · sincerely ···
בְּ/חֻקֶּ֑י/ךָbəḥuqeykā
in decrees yourpronH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
לְ֝מַ֗עַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֵבֽוֹשׁʾēbwōš
I will be ashamedverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
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 119:80

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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