Psalms 119:88 — King James Version← Study notes

“Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.”

Psalms 119:88 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:885 words

HebrewMeaning

כְּ/חַסְדְּ/ךָ֥kəḥasədəkā

according to covenant loyalty yourpronH2617

good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···

חַיֵּ֑/נִיḥayēniy

preserve alive meverbH2421

make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···

וְ֝/אֶשְׁמְרָ֗הwəʾešəmərāh

so let me keepconjH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

עֵד֥וּתʿēdwt

the testimony ofnounH5715

witness

פִּֽי/ךָpiykā

mouth yournounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

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 119:88

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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