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Psalms 126:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.


Psalms 126:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 126:47 words
HebrewMeaning
שׁוּבָ֣/הšwbāh
turn back !verbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שבות/נוšbwtnw
captivenounH7622
שְׁבִיתֵ֑/נוּšəbiytēnw
captivenounH7622
כַּ/אֲפִיקִ֥יםkaʾăpiyqiym
like stream-bedspronH650
channel · mighty · river · scale ···
בַּ/נֶּֽגֶבbanegeb
in the NegevpronH5045
side · -ward)
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 126:4

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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