Psalms 124:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֶ֭זְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

ʿezrēnû in-šēm YHWH ʿōśēh šāmayim and-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *ʿezrēnû*: noun masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - our help
• *bəšēm*: preposition + noun masculine singular - in name of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
• *ʿōśēh*: participle masculine singular qal - maker of
• *šāmayim*: noun masculine plural - heavens
• *wāʾāreṣ*: conjunction + noun feminine singular - and earth

Word Meanings

• *ʿezrēnû*: our help/our helper
• *bəšēm YHWH*: in the name of YHWH/by the authority of YHWH
• *ʿōśēh šāmayim wāʾāreṣ*: maker of heaven and earth/creator of heaven and earth

Referenced Verses

• Ps 121:2 : 2 My help [cometh] from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
• Ps 134:3 : 3 Jehovah bless thee out of Zion; Even he that made heaven and earth.
• Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Ps 115:15 : 15 Blessed are ye of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
• Ps 146:5-6 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God: 6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;
• Isa 37:16-20 : 16 O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest [above] the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 17 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God. 18 Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.
• Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,
• Acts 4:24 : 24 And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, {G2316} thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is: