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Psalms 119:99 — King James Version← Study notes

I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.


Psalms 119:99Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:997 words
HebrewMeaning
מִ/כָּלmikāl
more than allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מְלַמְּדַ֥/יməlaməday
teachers myverbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
הִשְׂכַּ֑לְתִּיhiśəkalətiy
I have insightverbH7919
expert · instruct · prosper · prudent ···
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עֵ֝דְוֺתֶ֗י/ךָʿēdəwōteykā
testimonies yournounH5715
witness
שִׂ֣יחָהśiyḥāh
are a meditationnounH7881
prayer
לִֽֿ/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 119:99

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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