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1 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;
3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;
5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
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Psalms 124 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 26 cross-references.
Cross-references in Psalms 124 (26)
- v.1 Romans 8:31
- v.1 Psalms 56:9
- v.1 Psalms 54:4
- v.7 Psalms 91:3
- v.1 Psalms 120:1
- v.1 Hebrews 13:5-6
- v.1 Psalms 94:17
- v.1 Isaiah 8:9-10
- v.1 Psalms 118:6-7
- v.1 Psalms 121:1
- v.7 Proverbs 6:5
- v.1 Psalms 125:1
- v.1 Psalms 46:7
- v.1 Psalms 27:1
- v.7 1 Samuel 25:29
- v.7 2 Timothy 2:26
- v.7 Psalms 25:15
- v.8 Psalms 121:2
- v.1 Psalms 127:1
- v.7 1 Samuel 23:26-27
- v.1 Psalms 128:1
- v.8 Acts 4:24
- v.1 Psalms 129:1
- v.7 2 Samuel 17:21-22
- v.1 Psalms 130:1
- v.6 Exodus 15:9-10
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 124:1–8 (53 words)
1
- לוּלֵ֣יlûlêluwle': if notH3884
- יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- שֶׁהָ֣יָהšehāyâhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
- לָ֑נוּlānû
- יֹֽאמַרyōʾmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
- נָ֝אnāʾna': added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionH4994
- יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃yiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
2
- לוּלֵ֣יlûlêluwle': if notH3884
- יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- שֶׁהָ֣יָהšehāyâhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
- לָ֑נוּlānû
- בְּק֖וּםbĕqûmquwm: to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)H6965
- עָלֵ֣ינוּʿālênû`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- אָדָֽם׃ʾādāmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
3
- אֲ֭זַיʾăzayazay: at that timeH233
- חַיִּ֣יםḥayyîmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
- בְּלָע֑וּנוּbĕlāʿûnûbala`: to make away with; (specifically) to take by swallowing, to devourH1104
- בַּחֲר֖וֹתbaḥărôtcharah: to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousyH2734
- אַפָּ֣םʾappāmaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
4
- אֲ֭זַיʾăzayazay: at that timeH233
- הַמַּ֣יִםhammayimmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
- שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּšĕṭāpûnûshataph: to gush; (by implication) to flood, cleanseH7857
- נַ֝֗חְלָהnaḥlânachal: a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs)H5158
- עָבַ֥רʿābar`abar: to cross overH5674
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃napšēnûnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
5
- אֲ֭זַיʾăzayazay: at that timeH233
- עָבַ֣רʿābar`abar: to cross overH5674
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּnapšēnûnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- הַ֝מַּ֗יִםhammayimmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
- הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽים׃hazzêdônîmzeydown: boiling of water, i.e. waveH2121
6
- בָּר֥וּךְbārûkbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- שֶׁלֹּ֥אšellōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- נְתָנָ֥נוּnĕtānānûnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
- טֶ֝֗רֶףṭereptereph: something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, foodH2964
- לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃lĕšinnêhemshen: a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for H8143) ivoryH8127
7
- נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּnapšēnûnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- כְּצִפּ֥וֹרkĕṣippôrtsippowr: a little bird (as hopping)H6833
- נִמְלְטָה֮nimlĕṭāhmalat: (properly) to be smooth; (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness)H4422
- מִפַּ֪חmippaḥpach: a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)H6341
- י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥יםyôqĕšîmyaqosh: to ensnare (literally or figuratively)H3369
- הַפַּ֥חhappaḥpach: a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)H6341
- נִשְׁבָּ֗רnišbārshabar: to burst (literally or figuratively)H7665
- וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּwaʾănaḥnûanachnuw: weH587
- נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃nimlāṭĕnûmalat: (properly) to be smooth; (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness)H4422
8
- עֶ֭זְרֵנוּʿezrēnû`ezer: aidH5828
- בְּשֵׁ֣םbĕšēmshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- עֹ֝שֵׂ֗הʿōśē`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- שָׁמַ֥יִםšāmayimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
- וָאָֽרֶץ׃wāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
Strong's words in Psalms 124 (6)
- Strong's H3068 — יְ֭הוָה (yĕhwâ)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 4 times in Psalms 124.
- Strong's H233 — אֲ֭זַי (ʾăzay)
- azay (az-ah'ee) adv. 1. at that time [probably from H227] KJV: then. Root(s): H227. Appears 3 times in Psalms 124.
- Strong's H5315 — נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃ (napšēnû)
- nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2. used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) [from H5314] KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it. Root(s): H5314. Appears 3 times in Psalms 124.
- Strong's H1961 — שֶׁהָ֣יָה (šehāyâ)
- hayah (haw-yaw) v. 1. to exist 2. to be or become 3. to come into being, i.e. to happen, to occur (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) [a primitive root] KJV: beacon, X altogether, be. Appears 2 times in Psalms 124.
- Strong's H3884 — לוּלֵ֣י (lûlê)
- luwle' (loo-lay') (or luwley {loo lay'}) cond. 1. if not [from H3863 and H3808] KJV: except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that. Root(s): H3863, H3808. Appears 2 times in Psalms 124.
- Strong's H4325 — הַמַּ֣יִם (hammayim)
- mayim (mah'-yim) n-m. 1. water 2. (figuratively) juice 3. (by euphemism) urine, semen [dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)] KJV: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).. Appears 2 times in Psalms 124.