Psalms 103:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts, Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּרֲכ֣וּ יְ֭הוָה כָּל־צְבָאָ֑יו מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יו עֹשֵׂ֥י רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

bārăkû YHWH all-ṣəbāʾāyw məšārətāyw ʿōśê rəṣônô

Grammar Details

• *bārăkû*: piel imperative masculine plural - bless
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ṣəbāʾāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hosts
• *məšārətāyw*: piel participle masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ministers
• *ʿōśê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - doers of
• *rəṣônô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pleasure

Word Meanings

• *bārăkû*: bless/praise/adore
• *ṣəbāʾāyw*: his hosts/armies/forces
• *məšārətāyw*: his ministers/servants/attendants
• *ʿōśê* *rəṣônô*: doers of his pleasure/those who do his will

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
• Ps 104:4 : 4 Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;
• Gen 32:2 : 2 And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
• Josh 5:14 : 14 And he said, Nay; but [as] prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
• Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
• Luke 2:13 : 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?
• Rev 22:8-9 : 8 And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things. 9 And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: {G1063} I am a {G4675} fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.
• 2 Thess 1:7-8 : 7 and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
• Heb 1:6-7 : 6 And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of {G3303} the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And his ministers a flame of fire:
• Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
• Ps 68:17 : 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.
• 2 Chr 18:18 : 18 And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
• Dan 7:9-9 : 9 I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire. 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
• Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,
• Matt 24:30-31 : 30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.