Psalms 145:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּהִלַּ֥ת יְהוָ֗ה יְֽדַבֶּ֫ר פִּ֥י וִיבָרֵ֣ךְ כָּל־בָּ֭שָׂר שֵׁ֥ם קָדְשׁ֗וֹ לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד

Transliteration

Tᵊhillat YHWH yᵊdabber pî and let wîbārēḵ kāl-bāśār his šēm qodšô lᵊʿôlām wāʿed

Grammar Details

*Tᵊhillat*: noun feminine singular construct - praise of
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*yᵊdabber*: Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - will speak
*pî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my mouth
*wîbārēḵ*: conjunction + Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive - and let bless
*kāl-bāśār*: noun masculine singular construct + noun masculine singular - all flesh
*šēm*: noun masculine singular construct - name of
*qodšô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his holiness
*lᵊʿôlām wāʿed*: preposition + noun masculine singular + conjunction + noun masculine singular - forever and ever

Word Meanings

*Tᵊhillat YHWH*: praise of YHWH/praise of the LORD
*yᵊdabber*: will speak/will declare/will utter
*pî*: my mouth
*wîbārēḵ*: and let bless/and may bless/and will bless
*kāl-bāśār*: all flesh/all mankind/all living beings
*šēm qodšô*: name of his holiness/his holy name
*lᵊʿôlām wāʿed*: forever and ever/for eternity and beyond

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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.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 71:8 : 8 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day.
Ps 150:6 : 6 Let everything that hath breath praise Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah.
Ps 51:15 : 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
Ps 145:1-2 : 1 [ A Psalm of praise; of David.] I will extol thee, my God, O King; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Ps 145:5 : 5 Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate.
Ps 65:2 : 2 O thou that hearest prayer, Unto thee shall all flesh come.
Ps 67:3-4 : 3 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee. 4 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt judge the peoples with equity, And govern the nations upon earth. {H5542}
Ps 71:15 : 15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, [And] of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers [thereof].
Ps 71:23-24 : 23 My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.
Ps 86:9 : 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name.
Ps 89:1 : 1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Ps 103:22 : 22 Bless Jehovah, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion: Bless Jehovah, O my soul.
Ps 117:1-2 : 1 O praise Jehovah, all ye nations; Laud him, all ye peoples. 2 For his lovingkindness is great toward us; And the truth of Jehovah [endureth] for ever. Praise ye Jehovah.
Rev 5:11-14 : 11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and {G3739} {G2076} on the sea, and all things are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, [be] the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever. 14 And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.
Ps 30:12 : 12 To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

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1[ A Psalm of David; when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.] I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
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1Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
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Ps 138:4
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4All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah, For they have heard the words of thy mouth.
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12To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Ps 72:19
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Ps 103:22
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Ps 71:15
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Ps 104:31
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Ps 28:6
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