Psalms 108:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָכ֣וֹן לִבִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים אָשִׁ֥ירָה וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה אַף־כְּבוֹדִֽי

Transliteration

nākôn libbî ʾĕlōhîm ʾāšîrāh waʾăzammᵊrāh ʾap̄-kᵊḇôdî

Grammar Details

*nākôn*: adjective, masculine, singular - fixed/firm/established/ready
*libbî*: noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular pronominal suffix - my heart
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine, plural construct - God/gods
*ʾāšîrāh*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular + cohortative - I will sing
*waʾăzammᵊrāh*: conjunction + verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular + cohortative - and I will make music/sing praise
*ʾap̄-kᵊḇôdî*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular pronominal suffix - even/also my glory/honor

Word Meanings

*nākôn*: fixed/firm/established/ready/prepared
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (plural form used for singular deity)
*ʾāšîrāh*: I will sing/let me sing
*waʾăzammᵊrāh*: and I will make music/sing praise/play instruments
*ʾap̄-kᵊḇôdî*: even my glory/honor/soul/inner being

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:12 : 12 Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.
Ps 33:2 : 2 Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
Ps 57:8 : 8 Awake up, my glory; Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
Ps 69:30 : 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Ps 81:2 : 2 Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Ps 92:1-4 : 1 A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High; 2 To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night, 3 With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp. 4 For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Ps 103:22 : 22 Bless Jehovah, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion: Bless Jehovah, O my soul.

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