Psalms 119:136
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.This verse in the real world
In what words
- פֶּלֶגpelega rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation)
- יָרַדyâradto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore,
- שָׁמַרshâmarproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, e
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 9:1, Ezk 9:4, Psa 119:158, Psa 119:53, 1Sa 15:11, Jer 9:18, Jer 14:17, Rom 9:2–3