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Psalms 124:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:


Psalms 124:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 124:47 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲ֭זַיʾăzay
thenadvH233
הַ/מַּ֣יִםhamayim
the watersparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
שְׁטָפ֑וּ/נוּšəṭāpwnw
they had overflowed usverbH7857
flow(-whelm · rinse · run · rush ···
נַ֗֜חְלָ/הnaḥəlāh
a torrentnounH5158
flood · river · stream · valley
עָבַ֥רʿābar
it had passedverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
עַלʿal
overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
נַפְשֵֽׁ/נוּnapəšēnw
self ournounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
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 124:4

1. You already well know, dearest brethren, that a “Song of Degrees,” is a song of our ascent: and that this ascent is not effected by the feet of the body, but by the affections of the heart. This we have repeatedly reminded you of: and we need not repeat it too often, that there may be room for saying what has not yet been said. This Psalm, therefore, which you have now heard sung for you, is inscribed, “A Song of Degrees.” This is its title. They sing therefore while…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 124
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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