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Psalms 122:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.


Psalms 122:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 122:410 words
HebrewMeaning
שֶׁ/שָּׁ֨םšešām
where thereparticleH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
עָל֪וּʿālw
they went upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
שְׁבָטִ֡יםšəbāṭiym
tribesnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
שִׁבְטֵיšibəṭēy
the tribes ofnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
יָ֭הּyāh
YahwehnounH3050
the Lord · most vehement. Compare names in '-iah · ' '-jah.'
עֵד֣וּתʿēdwt
a testimonynounH5715
witness
לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לləyiśərāʾēl
to IsraelpronH3478
לְ֝/הֹד֗וֹתləhōdwōt
to give thankspronH3034
confess · praise · shoot · thank(-ful ···
לְ/שֵׁ֣םləšēm
to the name ofpronH8034
base · named · renown · report
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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 122:4

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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