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Psalms 123:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.


Psalms 123:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 123:37 words
HebrewMeaning
חָנֵּ֣/נוּḥānēnw
show favor to usverbH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
חָנֵּ֑/נוּḥānēnw
show favor to usverbH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רַ֝֗בrab
muchadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
שָׂבַ֥עְנוּśābaʿənw
we have been surfeitedverbH7646
fill (full · self · with) · be full ···
בֽוּזbwz
contemptnounH937
despised · shamed
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 123:3

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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