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Psalms 119:95 — King James Version← Study notes

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.


Psalms 119:95Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:956 words
HebrewMeaning
לִ֤/יliy
pron
קִוּ֣וּqiww
they have waitedverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
לְ/אַבְּדֵ֑/נִיləʾabədēniy
to destroy mepronH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
עֵ֝דֹתֶ֗י/ךָʿēdōteykā
testimonies yournounH5713
witness. Compare
אֶתְבּוֹנָֽןʾetəbwōnān
I will consider carefullyverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
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 119:95

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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