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had it not beenלוּלֵיYHWHיְהוָהwho wasשֶׁהָיָהfor usלָנוּwhenבְּhuman beingsאָדָםrose upקוּםagainst us,עָלֵינוּ
Psalms 124:2
Study it in the app“had it not been YHWH who was for us when human beings rose up against us,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 124:2, word by word
- had it not beenלוּלֵיlule
if not, unless
If not, unless, were it not that.
Where else “lule” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- who wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- rose upקוּםkum
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “kum” appears
The context
1A song of the ascents. Of David. Had it not been YHWH who was for us— let Israel say now—
2 · This verse (above)
3then alive they would have swallowed us when their anger burned against us;