Psalms 124:1

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Psalms 124:1


← Psalms 123:4 Psalms 124:1 (KJV) Psalms 124:2 →
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;
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A SongH7892 of degreesH4609 of DavidH1732. IfH3884 it had not been the LORDH3068 who was on our side, now may IsraelH3478 sayH559;


Original Hebrew

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלֹות לְדָוִד לוּלֵי יְהוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
שִׁ֥יר
shir H7892 HNcbsc (the) song of
הַֽ/מַּעֲל֗וֹת
ha./ma.'a.Lot H4609 HTd/Ncfpa the/ ascents
לְ/דָ֫וִ֥ד
le./Da.Vid H1732 HR/Np of/ David
לוּלֵ֣י
lu.Lei H3884 HC if not
יְ֭הוָה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp Yahweh
שֶׁ/הָ֣יָה
she./Ha.yah H1961 HTr/Vqp3ms who/ (he) was
לָ֑/נוּ
La./nu HR/Sp1cp for/ us
יֹֽאמַר
yo.mar- H559 HVqj3ms let it say
נָ֝א
na' H4994 HTe please
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Yis.ra.'El H3478 HNp Israel
Strong's References
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד (Dâvîyd); from the same as דּוֹד (dôwd) H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה (sârâh) H8280 and אֵל (ʼêl) H410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
  • H3884 — לוּלֵא (lûwlêʼ, loo-lay'): or לוּלֵי (lûwlêy); from לוּא (lûwʼ) H3863 and לֹא (lôʼ) H3808; if not; except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.
  • H4609 — מַעֲלָה (maʻălâh, mah-al-aw'): feminine of מַעֲלֶה (maʻăleh) H4608; 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.
  • H7892 — שִׁיר (shîyr, sheer): or feminine שִׁירָה (shîyrâh); from שִׁיר (shîyr) H7891; a song; abstractly, singing; musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
  • H4994 — נָא (nâʼ, naw): a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction; I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
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