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Psalms 119:96 — King James Version← Study notes

I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.


Psalms 119:96Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:967 words
HebrewMeaning
לְֽ/כָלləkāl
to allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
תִּ֭כְלָהtikəlāh
perfectionnounH8502
רָאִ֣יתִיrāʾiytiy
I have seenverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
קֵ֑ץqēṣ
an endnounH7093
after · end · finite · process
רְחָבָ֖הrəḥābāh
is broadadjH7342
large · at liberty · proud · wide
מִצְוָתְ/ךָ֣miṣəwātəkā
commandment yournounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
מְאֹֽדməʾōd
exceedinglyadvH3966
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 119:96

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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