Psalms 103:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּרְכִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וְאַל־תִּ֝שְׁכְּחִ֗י כָּל־גְּמוּלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

bārakî napšî ʾet-YHWH wə-ʾal-tiškaḥî all-gəmûlāyw

Grammar Details

• *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
• *ʾal*: negative particle with jussive - do not
• *tiškaḥî*: qal imperfect 2nd person feminine singular - forget
• *gəmûlāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his benefits/dealings

Word Meanings

• *bārakî*: bless/praise/adore
• *napšî*: my soul/self/life/person/being/appetite/mind
• *tiškaḥî*: forget/ignore/neglect
• *gəmûlāyw*: his benefits/his dealings/his rewards/his deeds/his recompenses

Referenced Verses

• Ps 105:5 : 5 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;
• Isa 63:7 : 7 I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.
• Luke 17:15-18 : 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice; 16 And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria. 17 And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine? 18 Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?
• Ps 116:12 : 12 What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?
• Deut 8:2-4 : 2 And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not. 3 And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord. 4 Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.
• Deut 32:18 : 18 You have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.
• 2 Chr 32:25 : 25 But Hezekiah did not do as had been done to him; for his heart was lifted up in pride; and so wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.
• Deut 8:10-14 : 10 And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day: 12 And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them; 13 And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort; 14 Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
• Deut 32:6 : 6 Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
• Isa 63:1 : 1 Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation.
• Ps 106:7 : 7 Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
• Jer 2:31-32 : 31 O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again? 32 Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.
• Deut 6:12 : 12 Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
• Eph 2:11-13 : 11 For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; 12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
• Ps 106:21 : 21 They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;