Psalms

Psalm 124:1

¹A song of ascents. Of David.

If the LORD had not been on our side—

let Israel now declare—

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A song	שִׁ֥יר	šîr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7892 song
of ascents	הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת	ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
Of David	לְדָ֫וִ֥ד	lə·ḏā·wiḏ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
If the LORD	יְ֭הוָה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
had not	לוּלֵ֣י	lū·lê	Conjunction	H3884 if not, unless
been	שֶׁהָ֣יָה	še·hā·yāh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
on our side	לָ֑נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
let Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
now	נָ֝א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
declare	יֹֽאמַר־	yō·mar-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.