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Psalms 119:98 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.


Psalms 119:98Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:987 words
HebrewMeaning
מֵ֭/אֹ֣יְבַ/יmēʾōyəbay
more than enemies mypronH341
foe
תְּחַכְּמֵ֣/נִיtəḥakəmēniy
it makes wise meverbH2449
exceeding · be (make self · shew self) wise · deal wisely ···
מִצְוֺתֶ֑/ךָmiṣəwōtekā
commandments yournounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לְ/עוֹלָ֣םləʿwōlām
for everpronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
הִיאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לִֽ/יliy
pron
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 119:98

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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