Psalms

Psalm 123:1

¹A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to You,

the One enthroned in heaven.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A song	שִׁ֗יר	šîr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7892 song
of ascents	הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת	ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
I lift up	נָשָׂ֣אתִי	nā·śā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
my eyes	עֵינַ֑י	‘ê·nay	Noun - cdc; first person common singular	H5869 eye
to You	אֵ֭לֶיךָ	’ê·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H413 motion to
the One enthroned	הַ֝יֹּשְׁבִ֗י	hay·yō·šə·ḇî	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in heaven	בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃	baš·šā·mā·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.