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Psalms 123:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.


Psalms 123:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 123:218 words
HebrewMeaning
הִנֵּ֨הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
כְ/עֵינֵ֪יkəʿēynēy
like the eyes ofpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
עֲבָדִ֡יםʿăbādiym
slavesnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
אֶלʾel
which are topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יַ֤דyad
the hand ofnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
אֲֽדוֹנֵי/הֶ֗םʾădwōnēyhem
master theirnounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
כְּ/עֵינֵ֣יkəʿēynēy
like the eyes ofpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
שִׁפְחָה֮šipəḥāh
a female slavenounH8198
hand-) maid(-en · -servant) · wench · bondwoman ···
אֶלʾel
which are topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יַ֪דyad
the hand ofnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
גְּבִ֫רְתָּ֥/הּgəbirətāh
mistress hernounH1404
mistress
כֵּ֣ןkēn
soparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
עֵ֭ינֵי/נוּʿēynēynw
eyes ournounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
אֶלʾel
are topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּʾĕlōhēynw
God ournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עַ֝֗דʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
שֶׁ/יְּחָנֵּֽ/נוּšeyəḥānēnw
that he will show favor to usparticleH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
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 123:2

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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