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Psalms 131:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.


Psalms 131:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 131:115 words
HebrewMeaning
שִׁ֥ירšiyr
musicalnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
הַֽ/מַּֽעֲל֗וֹתhamaʿălwōt
things that come upparticleH4609
degree · deal · go up · stair ···
לְ/דָ֫וִ֥דlədāwid
DavidpronH1732
יְהוָ֤הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
גָבַ֣הּgābah
exaltverbH1361
be haughty · be high · lift up · mount up ···
לִ֭בִּ/יlibiy
heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רָמ֣וּrāmw
bring upverbH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
עֵינַ֑/יʿēynay
eyenounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הִלַּ֓כְתִּיhilakətiy
alongverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
בִּ/גְדֹל֖וֹתbigədōlwōt
elderpronH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וּ/בְ/נִפְלָא֣וֹתwbənipəlāʾwōt
accomplishconjH6381
(arise...too · be too) hard · hidden · things too high ···
מִמֶּֽ/נִּיmimeniy
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
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.

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