Psalms 121:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 121:19 words

HebrewMeaning

שִׁ֗ירšiyr

a songnounH7892

sing(-er · -ing) · song

לַֽ/מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹתlamaʿălwōt

of the ascentspronH4609

degree · deal · go up · stair ···

אֶשָּׂ֣אʾeśāʾ

I lift upverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

עֵ֭ינַ/יʿēynay

eyes mynounH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

אֶלʾel

topronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הֶ/הָרִ֑יםhehāriym

the mountainsparticleH2022

mount · promotion

מֵ֝/אַ֗יִןmēʾayin

from where?pronH370

where

יָבֹ֥אyābōʾ

will it comeverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

עֶזְרִֽ/יʿezəriy

help mynounH5828

ℹWords 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 121:1

1. ...Let them “lift up their eyes to the hills whence comes their help” Psalm 120:1. What means, The hills have been lightened? The Sun of righteousness has already risen, the Gospel has been already preached by the Apostles, the Scriptures have been preached, all the mysteries have been laid open, the veil has been rent, the secret place of the temple has been revealed: let them now at length lift their eyes up to the hills, whence their help comes...“Of His fullness have…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 121

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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