Psalms 123:4

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Psalms 123:4


← Psalms 123:3 Psalms 123:4 (KJV) Psalms 124:1 →
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Our soulH5315 is exceedinglyH7227 filledH7646 with the scorningH3933 of those that are at easeH7600, and with the contemptH937 of the proudH3238 H1343 H1349.


Original Hebrew

רַבַּת שָׂבְעָה־לָּהּ נַפְשֵׁנוּ הַלַּעַג הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים הַבּוּז לִגְאֵיֹונִים ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
רַבַּת֮
ra.Bat H7227 HAafsc much
שָֽׂבְעָה
sa.ve.'ah- H7646 HVqp3fs it has been surfeited
לָּ֪/הּ
la/h HR/Sp3fs (for)/ itself
נַ֫פְשֵׁ֥/נוּ
naf.She./nu H5315 HNcbsc/Sp1cp self/ our
הַ/לַּ֥עַג
ha./La.'ag H3933 HTd/Ncmsa the/ mockery of
הַ/שַּׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים
ha./sha.'a.na.Nim H7600 HTd/Aampa (the)/ self-confident (people)
הַ֝/בּ֗וּז
ha./Buz H937 HTd/Ncmsa the/ contempt
[לִ/גְאֵ֥יוֹנִֽים כ] (לִ/גְאֵי/ /יוֹנִים ק)
[gaʼăyôwn כ] (li/g.'E/ /yo.nim ק) H1349 כ H1343 H3238 ק [HR/Aampa כ] (HR/Aampc//Vqrmpa ק) (of/ arrogant/ /opressors ק)
Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).
Strong's References
  • H937 — בּוּז (bûwz, booz): from בּוּז (bûwz) H936; disrespect; contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
  • H1343 — גֵּאֶה (gêʼeh, gay-eh'): from גָּאָה (gâʼâh) H1342; lofty; figuratively, arrogant; proud.
  • H1349 — גַּאֲיוֹן (gaʼăyôwn, gah-ah-yone'): from גָּאָה (gâʼâh) H1342; haughty; proud.
  • H3238 — יָנָה (yânâh, yaw-naw'): a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat; destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
  • H3933 — לַעַג (laʻag, lah'-ag): from לָעַג (lâʻag) H3932; derision, scoffing; derision, scorn (-ing).
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  • H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב (râbab) H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
  • H7600 — שַׁאֲנָן (shaʼănân, shah-an-awn'): from שָׁאַן (shâʼan) H7599; secure; in a bad sense, haughty; that is at ease, quiet, tumult. Compare שַׁלְאֲנָן (shalʼănân) H7946.
  • H7646 — שָׂבַע (sâbaʻ, saw-bah'): or שָׂבֵעַ (sâbêaʻ); a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively); have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.

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