Psalms 123
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2Behold, 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.
3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עַיִןʻayinH58694× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- חָנַןchânanH26033× in this chapter
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- רַבrabH72272× in this chapter
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- שָׂבַעsâbaʻH76462× in this chapter
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
- בּוּזbûwzH9372× in this chapter
disrespect
- אָדוֹןʼâdôwnH1131× in this chapter
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- גֵּאֶהgêʼehH13431× in this chapter
lofty; figuratively, arrogant
- גְּבֶרֶתgᵉberethH14041× in this chapter
mistress
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20091× in this chapter
lo!
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34271× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- כִּיkîyH35881× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֵּןkênH36511× in this chapter
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
- לַעַגlaʻagH39331× in this chapter
derision, scoffing
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4301× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- מַעֲלָהmaʻălâhH46091× in this chapter
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)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53151× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53751× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56501× in this chapter
a servant
- עַדʻadH57041× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- שַׁאֲנָןshaʼănânH76001× in this chapter
secure; in a bad sense, haughty
- שִׁירshîyrH78921× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimH80641× in this chapter
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)
- שִׁפְחָהshiphchâhH81981× in this chapter
a female slave (as a member of the household)
- אֵתʼêthH8531× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)