Psalms 123:2
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.Psalms 123:2 in the real world
Who
In what words
- גְּבֶרֶתgᵉberethmistress
- שִׁפְחָהshiphchâha female slave (as a member of the household)
- אָדוֹןʼâdôwnsovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- עֶבֶדʻebeda servant
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- יָדyâda hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 130:5–6, Lam 3:25–26, Psa 25:15, Psa 40:1–3, Gen 49:18, Psa 119:123–125, Luk 18:1, Gen 32:26