Psalms 104:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let thy meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֶעֱרַ֣ב עָלָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י אָ֝נֹכִ֗י אֶשְׂמַ֥ח בַּיהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

Ye'ĕrab 'ālāyw śîḥî; 'ānōkî 'eśmaḥ baYHWH.

Grammar Details

*ye'ĕrab*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular jussive - let it be sweet/pleasing
*'ālāyw*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - upon him
*śîḥî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my meditation
*'ānōkî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*'eśmaḥ*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will rejoice
*baYHWH*: preposition with proper name - in the LORD

Word Meanings

*ye'ĕrab*: be sweet/be pleasing/be agreeable
*'ālāyw*: upon him/to him/concerning him
*śîḥî*: my meditation/my speech/my complaint/my musing
*'ānōkî*: I/myself/as for me
*'eśmaḥ*: rejoice/be glad/be joyful
*baYHWH*: in the LORD/in YHWH

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps 9:2 : 2 I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
Ps 77:12 : 12 I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.
Ps 139:17-18 : 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
Prov 24:14 : 14 So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.
Hab 3:17-18 : 17 For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Luke 1:47 : 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.
Ps 119:111 : 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Ps 119:127-128 : 127 Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
Ps 63:5-6 : 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips; 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, [And] meditate on thee in the night-watches.
Ps 119:15-16 : 15 I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 32:11 : 11 Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous; And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Ps 119:167 : 167 My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.

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