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Psalms 107:23 — King James Version← Study notes

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;


Psalms 107:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 107:237 words
HebrewMeaning
יוֹרְדֵ֣יywōrədēy
those who went downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
הַ֭/יָּםhayām
the seaparticleH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
בָּ/אֳנִיּ֑וֹתbāʾŏniywōt
in shipspronH591
עֹשֵׂ֥יʿōśēy
those who didverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
מְ֝לָאכָ֗הməlāʾkāh
businessnounH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
בְּ/מַ֣יִםbəmayim
on the waterspronH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
רַבִּֽיםrabiym
abound(-undanceadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
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 107:23

1. This Psalm commends unto us the mercies of God, proved in ourselves, and is therefore the sweeter to the experienced. And it is a wonder if it can be pleasing to any one, except to him who has learned in his own case, what he hears in this Psalm. Yet was it written not for any one or two, but for the people of God, and set forth that it might know itself therein as in a mirror. Its title needs not now to be treated, for it is Halleluia, and again Halleluia. Which we have a…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 107 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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