Psalms 103:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ A Psalm of David.] Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ בָּרֲכִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וְכָל־קְ֝רָבַ֗י אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃

Transliteration

Of Dāwid ׀ bārakî napšî ʾet-YHWH wə-all-qərābay ʾet-šēm qodšô

Grammar Details

• *Dāwid*: proper name with prefixed preposition *lə* (to/for/of David)
• *bārakî*: piel imperative feminine singular with 2nd person suffix - bless!
• *napšî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *qərābay*: plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my inward parts
• *šēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
• *qodšô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his holiness/his holy name

Word Meanings

• *bārakî*: bless/praise/adore
• *napšî*: my soul/self/life/person/being/appetite/mind
• *qərābay*: my inward parts/my entrails/my inner being

Referenced Verses

• Ps 63:5 : 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
• Ps 57:7-9 : 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises. 8 Awake up, my glory; Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early. 9 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples: I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy truth unto the skies. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
• Ps 146:1-2 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
• 1 Cor 14:15 : 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
• Ps 103:22-104:1 : 22 Bless Jehovah, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion: Bless Jehovah, O my soul. 1 Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:
• Ps 111:1 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
• Ps 138:1 : 1 [ A Psalm] of David. I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.
• John 4:24 : 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
• Ps 47:7 : 7 For God is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding.
• Ps 86:12-13 : 12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore. 13 For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
• Ps 99:3 : 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name: Holy is he.
• Isa 6:3 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
• Mark 12:30-33 : 30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. 31 The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he: 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
• Luke 1:46-47 : 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
• Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
• Rev 4:8 : 8 and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.