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Psalms 123:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.


Psalms 123:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 123:48 words
HebrewMeaning
רַבַּת֮rabat
muchadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
שָֽׂבְעָהśābəʿāh
it has been surfeitedverbH7646
fill (full · self · with) · be full ···
לָּ֪/הּlāh
pron
נַ֫פְשֵׁ֥/נוּnapəšēnw
self ournounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
הַ/לַּ֥עַגhalaʿag
the mockery ofparticleH3933
scorn
הַ/שַּׁאֲנַנִּ֑יםhašaʾănaniym
self-confident peopleparticleH7600
quiet · tumult. Compare
הַ֝/בּ֗וּזhabwz
the contemptparticleH937
despised · shamed
לִ/גְאֵ֥יוֹנִֽיםligəʾēywōniym
proudpronH1349
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 123:4

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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