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Psalms 126:1 — King James Version← Study notes

When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.


Psalms 126:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 126:19 words
HebrewMeaning
שִׁ֗ירšiyr
the song ofnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
הַֽ/מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹתhamaʿălwōt
the ascentsparticleH4609
degree · deal · go up · stair ···
בְּ/שׁ֣וּבbəšwb
when restoredpronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שִׁיבַ֣תšiybat
the restoration ofnounH7870
צִיּ֑וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
הָ֝יִ֗ינוּhāyiynw
we wereverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כְּ/חֹלְמִֽיםkəḥōləmiym
like those who dreampronH2492
be in good liking · recover
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 126:1

1. ...How man had come into captivity, let us ask the Apostle Paul....For he says: “For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.” Romans 7:14 Behold whence we became captives; because we were sold under sin. Who sold us? We ourselves, who consented to the seducer. We could sell ourselves; we could not redeem ourselves. We sold ourselves by consent of sin, we are redeemed in the faith of righteousness. For innocent blood was given for us, that we…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 126
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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