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A songשִׁירof the ascents.הַמַּעֲלוֹתTo youאֵלֶיךָI have lifted upנָשָׂאתִיmy eyes,אֶת עֵינַיyou who sitהַיֹּשְׁבִיin the heavens.בַּשָּׁמָיִם
Psalms 123:1
Study it in the app“A song of the ascents. To you I have lifted up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 123:1, word by word
- A songשִׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appears- of the ascentsמַּעֲלוֹתmaalot
ascent
"Song of ascents", the title of psalms sung on the way up to Jerusalem.
Where else “maalot” appears- I have lifted upנָשָׂאתִיnasati
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasati” appears- my eyesעֵינַena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- you who sitיֹּשְׁבִיyoshvi
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshvi” appears- in the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Look, as the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a slave woman to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to YHWH our Elohim, until he shows us favor.