Psalms 122:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 122:19 words

HebrewMeaning

שִׁ֥ירšiyr

the song ofnounH7892

sing(-er · -ing) · song

הַֽ/מַּעֲל֗וֹתhamaʿălwōt

the ascentsparticleH4609

degree · deal · go up · stair ···

לְ/דָ֫וִ֥דlədāwid

of DavidpronH1732

שָׂ֭מַחְתִּיśāmaḥətiy

I rejoicedverbH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

בְּ/אֹמְרִ֣יםbəʾōməriym

in those who saidpronH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לִ֑/יliy

pron

בֵּ֖יתbēyt

the house ofnounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

נֵלֵֽךְnēlēkə

awayverbH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

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 122:1

1. As impure love inflames the mind, and summons the soul destined to perish to lust for earthly things, and to follow what is perishable, and precipitates it into lowest places, and sinks it into the abyss; so holy love raises us to heavenly things, and inflames us to what is eternal, and excites the soul to those things which do not pass away nor die, and from the abyss of hell raises it to heaven. Yet all love has a power of its own, nor can love in the soul of the lover…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 122 (excerpt)

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

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