Psalms 124
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
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.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30684× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אֲזַיʼăzayH2333× in this chapter
at that time
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53153× 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)
- עַלʻalH59213× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- לוּלֵאlûwlêʼH38842× in this chapter
if not
- מַיִםmayimH43252× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- מָלַטmâlaṭH44222× in this chapter
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
- עָבַרʻâbarH56742× in this chapter
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
- פַּחpachH63412× in this chapter
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
- בָּלַעbâlaʻH11041× in this chapter
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1201× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- בָרַךְbârakH12881× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- זֵידוֹןzêydôwnH21211× in this chapter
boiling of water, i.e. wave
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חָרָהchârâhH27341× in this chapter
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
- טֶרֶףṭerephH29641× in this chapter
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
- יָקֹשׁyâqôshH33691× in this chapter
to ensnare (literally or figuratively)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34781× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- לֹאlôʼH38081× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- 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)
- נָאnâʼH49941× in this chapter
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
- נַחַלnachalH51581× in this chapter
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
- נָתַןnâthanH54141× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5591× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עֵזֶרʻêzerH58281× in this chapter
aid
- אֲנַחְנוּʼănachnûwH5871× in this chapter
we
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62131× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- אַףʼaphH6391× in this chapter
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
- צִפּוֹרtsippôwrH68331× in this chapter
a little bird (as hopping)
- קוּםqûwmH69651× in this chapter
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- שָׁבַרshâbarH76651× in this chapter
to burst (literally or figuratively)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7761× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁטַףshâṭaphH78571× in this chapter
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
- שִׁירshîyrH78921× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing
- שֵׁםshêmH80341× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- 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)
- שֵׁןshênH81271× in this chapter
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff