Psalm 124:1

Hebrew	שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָהplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigיְהוָֹה hebrew Meaning * Yahweh - God's personal name It is not a generic term for “god”, but rather the word יְהוָֹה (YHWH) is the name by which God uniquely identifies himself in the Old Testament. First appearing in Genesis 2:4, it occurs over 6,000 times in the Old Testament.Exodus 3:14Deuteronomy 6:4Psalm 23:1Romans 10:13Joel 2:32Exodus 20:7Psalm 18:1Exodus 15:3Psalm 8:1Genesis 2:41 Samuel 1:3Judges 6:24Genesis 22:14Jeremiah 23:6 שֶׁהָ֣יָהplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 לָ֑נוּ יֹֽאמַר נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
ESV	A SONG OF ASCENTS. OF DAVID. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side- let Israel now say-
NIV	If the LORD had not been on our side- let Israel say-
NLT	What if the LORD had not been on our side? Let all Israel repeat:
LXX	ᾠδὴ τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀναβαθμῶν εἰ μὴ ὅτι κύριος ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. ἡμῖν εἰπάτω δὴ Ισραηλ
KJV	If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

^{Psalm 123:4 ← Psalm 124:1 → Psalm 124:2}

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