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Psalms 119:97 — King James Version← Study notes

O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.


Psalms 119:97Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:977 words
HebrewMeaning
מָֽהmāh
how!particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
אָהַ֥בְתִּיʾāhabətiy
I loveverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
תוֹרָתֶ֑/ךָtwōrātekā
law yournounH8451
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ֝/יּ֗וֹםhaywōm
the dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הִ֣יאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
שִׂיחָתִֽ/יśiyḥātiy
is meditation mynounH7881
prayer
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 119:97

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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Alice MorganNote3mo ago
When Scripture Becomes Your Companion
The psalmist says he loves God's law more than his enemies do, more than all his teachers. His meditation on it is all day long. That's the opposite of how I grew up relating to Scripture. It was some...
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