Psalms 122:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 122:87 words

HebrewMeaning

לְ֭מַעַןləmaʿan

for the sake ofpronH4616

to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···

אַחַ֣/יʾaḥay

brothers mynounH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

וְ/רֵעָ֑/יwərēʿāy

and friends myconjH7453

companion · fellow · friend · husband ···

אֲדַבְּרָהʾădabərāh

I will speakverbH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

נָּ֖אnāʾ

pleaseparticleH4994

go to · now · oh

שָׁל֣וֹםšālwōm

peacenounH7965

do · fare · favour · friend ···

בָּֽ/ךְbākə

pron

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 122:8

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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