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Psalms 123:1
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Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
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A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
A SongH7892 of degreesH4609. Unto thee lift I upH5375 mine eyesH5869, O thou that dwellestH3427 in the heavensH8064.
Original Hebrew
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלֹות אֵלֶיךָ נָשָׂאתִי אֶת־עֵינַי הַיֹּשְׁבִי בַּשָּׁמָיִם׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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שִׁ֗יר |
Shir | H7892 | HNcbsc | (the) song of |
הַֽ/מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת |
ha./Ma.'a.Lot | H4609 | HTd/Ncfpa | the/ ascents |
אֵ֭לֶי/ךָ |
'E.lei./kha | H413 | HR/Sp2ms | to/ you |
נָשָׂ֣אתִי |
na.Sa.ti | H5375 | HVqp1cs | I have lifted up |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
עֵינַ֑/י |
'ei.Na/i | H5869 | HNcbdc/Sp1cs | eyes/ my |
הַ֝/יֹּשְׁבִ֗י |
hai./yo.she.Vi | H3427 | HTd/Vqrmsc | the/ (one who) sits |
בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם |
ba./sha.Ma.yim | H8064 | HRd/Ncmpa | in the/ heavens |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
- H4609 — מַעֲלָה (maʻălâh, mah-al-aw'): feminine of מַעֲלֶה; elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms); things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
- H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
- H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
- H7892 — שִׁיר (shîyr, sheer): or feminine שִׁירָה; from שִׁיר; a song; abstractly, singing; musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song.
- H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- lift I — Psalms 25:15, Psalms 121:1, Psalms 141:8, Luke 18:13
- O thou — Psalms 2:4, Psalms 11:4, Psalms 113:5-6, Psalms 115:3, Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 66:1, Matthew 6:9
Reciprocal references (16): 1 Kings 8:30, 2 Kings 19:14, 2 Chronicles 6:21, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Psalms 33:14, Psalms 34:5, Psalms 38:15, Psalms 136:26, Isaiah 33:5, Isaiah 37:14, Isaiah 38:14, Isaiah 63:15, Ezekiel 18:6, Daniel 4:34, John 11:41, John 17:1
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: BLINDNESS-VISION, HEAVEN
- Nave’s: DESIRE, HEAVEN
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