Psalms 134:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 134:36 words

HebrewMeaning

יְבָרֶכְ/ךָ֣yəbārekəkā

may he bless youverbH1288

abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···

יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

מִ/צִּיּ֑וֹןmiṣiywōn

from ZionpronH6726

עֹ֝שֵׂ֗הʿōśēh

maker ofverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

שָׁמַ֥יִםšāmayim

heavennounH8064

astrologer · heaven

וָ/אָֽרֶץwāʾāreṣ

and earthconjH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

ℹWords 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 134:3

1. “Behold, now, bless ye the Lord, all you servants of the Lord” Psalm 133:1, “who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God” Psalm 133:2. Why has he added, “in the courts”? Courts mean the wider spaces of a house. He who stands in the courts is not straitened, is not confined, in some fashion is enlarged. Remain in this enlargement, and you can love your enemy, because you love not things in which an enemy could straiten you. How can you be…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 134

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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