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Psalms 119:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.


Psalms 119:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:97 words
HebrewMeaning
בַּ/מֶּ֣הbameh
how?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יְזַכֶּהyəzakeh
will he keep pureverbH2135
cleanse · be clear · count pure
נַּ֭עַרnaʿar
a youthnounH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אָרְח֑/וֹʾārəḥwō
path hisnounH734
path · race · rank · traveller ···
לִ֝/שְׁמֹ֗רlišəmōr
by keeping itpronH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
כִּ/דְבָרֶֽ/ךָkidəbārekā
according to word yourpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
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 119:9

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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