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Psalms 122:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.


Psalms 122:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 122:97 words
HebrewMeaning
לְ֭מַעַןləmaʿan
for the sake ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
בֵּיתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּʾĕlōhēynw
God ournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֲבַקְשָׁ֖הʾăbaqəšāh
I will seekverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
ט֣וֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לָֽ/ךְlākə
pron
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 122:9

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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