Psalms 123:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 123:18 words

HebrewMeaning

שִׁ֗ירšiyr

the song ofnounH7892

sing(-er · -ing) · song

הַֽ/מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹתhamaʿălwōt

the ascentsparticleH4609

degree · deal · go up · stair ···

אֵ֭לֶי/ךָʾēleykā

to youpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

נָשָׂ֣אתִיnāśāʾtiy

I have lifted upverbH5375

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

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עֵינַ֑/יʿēynay

eyes mynounH5869

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

הַ֝/יֹּשְׁבִ֗יhayōšəbiy

the one who sitsparticleH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִםbašāmāyim

in the heavenspronH8064

astrologer · heaven

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 123:1

1. ...Let this singer ascend; and let this man sing from the heart of each of you, and let each of you be this man, for when each of you says this, since you are all one in Christ, one man says this; and says not, “Unto You, O Lord, have” we “lift up” our “eyes;” but, “Unto You, O Lord, have I lift up my eyes” Psalm 122:1. You ought indeed to imagine that every one of you is speaking; but that One in a special sense speaks, who is also spread abroad over the whole…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 123

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

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