Psalms 105:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Sing vnto hym, sing psalmes vnto him: talke you of all his wonderous workes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִֽׁירוּ־ל֭וֹ זַמְּרוּ־ל֑וֹ שִׂ֝֗יחוּ בְּכָל־נִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃

Transliteration

šīrū-to-him zammərū-to-him śīḥū in-all-niplə'ōtāyw

Grammar Details

• *šīrū*: imperative, masculine plural - sing
• *zammərū*: piel imperative, masculine plural - sing psalms/make music
• *śīḥū*: imperative, masculine plural - meditate/talk/declare
• *niplə'ōtāyw*: niphal participle, feminine plural construct with 3ms suffix - wonderful works/marvels

Word Meanings

• *zammərū*: sing psalms/make music/play instruments
• *śīḥū*: meditate/talk/declare/contemplate
• *niplə'ōtāyw*: wonderful works/marvels/miracles

Referenced Verses

• Ps 77:12 : 12 I also gaue my selfe to muse of all thy workes: and I talked of all thy actes.
• Ps 119:27 : 27 Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes: and I wyll geue my selfe to the meditation of thy wonderous workes.
• Ps 98:5 : 5 Syng psalmes vnto God playing vpon an harpe: vpon an harpe, and with the sounde of a psalterie.
• Isa 12:5-6 : 5 O sing prayses vnto the Lorde, for he hath done great thinges, as it is knowen in all the worlde. 6 Crye out, and sing thou that dwellest in Sion: for great is the holy one of Israel in the middest of thee.
• Isa 42:10-12 : 10 Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song of thankesgeuing, blowe out his prayse from the ende of the worlde: they that be vpon the sea, and all that is therein prayse hym, the Isles and they that dwell in them. 11 Let the wildernesse with the cities lift vp her voyce, the townes also that they of Cedar dwell in: let them be glad that sit vpon rockes of stone, and let them crye downe from the high mountaines, 12 Ascribing glory vnto the Lorde, and magnifiyng hym among the gentiles.
• Luke 24:14-53 : 14 And they talked together of all these thynges that were done. 15 And it came to passe, that whyle they communed together & reasoned, Iesus him selfe drewe neare, and went with them. 16 But their eyes were holden, that they shoulde not knowe him. 17 And he sayde vnto them: What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke, and are sad? 18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, aunswered, and sayde to him: Art thou only a straunger in Hierusalem, & hast not knowen the thinges which are come to passe there, in these dayes? 19 He sayde vnto them: what thynges? And they sayde vnto him: Of Iesus of Nazareth, whiche was a prophete, mightie in deede and worde before God and all the people: 20 And howe the hye priestes, and our rulers deliuered him to be condempned to death, and haue crucified him. 21 But we trusted that it had ben he which shoulde haue redeemed Israel: And as touchyng all these thynges, to day is euen the thirde day, that they were done. 22 Yea, and certayne women also of our companie made vs astonied, which came early vnto the sepulchre, 23 And founde not his body, and came, saying that they had seene a vision of angels, which sayde that he was alyue. 24 And certayne of them which were with vs, went to the sepulchre, & founde it euen so as the women had sayde: but hym they sawe not. 25 And he sayde vnto them: O fooles and slowe of heart, to beleue all that the prophetes haue spoken. 26 Ought not Christe to haue suffered these thinges, & to enter into his glory? 27 And he began at Moyses, and all the prophetes, and interpreted vnto them in all Scriptures which were writen of hym. 28 And they drewe nye vnto the towne which they went vnto, and he made as though he would haue gone further. 29 And they constrayned hym, saying: abyde with vs, for it draweth towarde nyght, and the day is farre passed. And he went in to tary with them. 30 And it came to passe, as he sate at meate with them, he toke bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gaue to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knewe him: and he vanished out of their syght. 32 And they sayde betweene them selues: Dyd not our heartes burne within vs, whyle he talked with vs by the way, and opened vnto vs the scriptures? 33 And they rose vp the same houre, and returned agayne to Hierusalem, and founde the eleuen gathered together, and them that were with them, 34 Saying: The Lorde is rysen in deede, and hath appeared to Simon. 35 And they tolde what thynges were done in the way, and howe they knewe him in breakyng of bread. 36 And as they thus spake, Iesus him selfe stoode in the middes of them, and saith vnto them: Peace be vnto you. 37 But they were abasshed and afrayde, & supposed that they had seene a spirite. 38 And he sayde vnto them: Why are ye troubled, and why do thoughtes arise in your heartes? 39 Beholde my handes and my feete, that it is euen I my selfe: Handle me and see, for a spirite hath not fleshe and bones, as ye see me haue. 40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his handes and his feete. 41 And whyle they yet beleued not for ioy, and wondred, he sayde vnto them: Haue ye heare any meate? 42 And they offered him a peece of a broyled fishe, and of an hony combe. 43 And he toke it, and dyd eate before them. 44 And he sayde vnto them: These are the wordes which I spake vnto you, whyle I was yet with you, that all must needes be fulfylled, which were written of me in the law of Moyses, and in the prophetes, and in the psalmes. 45 Then opened he their wittes, that they myght vnderstande the scriptures. 46 And sayde vnto them: Thus is it written, and thus it behoued Christe to suffer, and to rise agayne from death the thirde day: 47 And that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name among all nations, and must begyn at Hierusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these thynges. 49 And beholde I wyll sende the promise of my father vpon you: But tary ye in the citie of Hierusalem, vntyll ye be endued with power from an hye. 50 And he led them out into Bethanie, and lift vp his handes, & blessed them. 51 And it came to passe, as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was caryed vp into heauen. 52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Hierusalem with great ioy, 53 And were continually in the temple, praysyng and laudyng God. Amen.
• Eph 5:19 : 19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes, and spirituall songues, syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes:
• Rev 15:3-4 : 3 And they sang the song of Moyses the seruaunt of God, and the song of the lambe, saying: Great and marueylous are thy workes Lorde God almightie, iust and true are thy wayes thou kyng of saintes. 4 Who shall not feare thee O Lorde, and glorifie thy name? for thou only art holy: And all gentiles shal come and worship before thee, for thy iudgemetes are made manifest.
• Ps 78:4-6 : 4 We wyll not hyde them from their children: nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come, the prayses of God, and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done. 5 For he reuiued a statute in Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe: in the whiche he commaunded our forefathers to teache their children. 6 To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it, and children whiche shalbe borne: that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children.
• Ps 96:1-2 : 1 Syng you vnto God a newe song: sing ye vnto God all that be in the earth. 2 Syng ye vnto God and blesse his name: set foorth in wordes from day to day his saluation.
• Ps 98:1 : 1 A psalme. Syng vnto God a newe song: for he hath done marueylous thynges. With his owne right hande and with his holy arme: he hath gotten to hym selfe the victorie.
• Exod 13:8-9 : 8 And thou shalt shewe thy sonne in that day, saying: This is done because of that whiche the Lorde dyd vnto me when I came out of Egypt. 9 And it shalbe as a signe vnto thee vppon thyne hande, and as a remembraunce betweene thyne eyes, that the Lordes lawe may be in thy mouth: for in a strong hande the Lorde brought thee out of Egypt.
• Exod 13:14 : 14 And when thy sonne aske thee in time to come, saying: what is this? Thou shalt saye vnto hym: With a myghtie hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Deut 6:6-9 : 6 And these wordes which I commaunde thee this day, shalbe in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, & when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp. 8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande, and they shalbe as frontlettes betweene thine eyes, 9 And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thy house, & vpon thy gates.
• Judg 5:3 : 3 Heare O ye kinges, hearken O ye princes: I, euen I will syng vnto the Lord, I will prayse the Lord God of Israel.
• Ps 47:6-7 : 6 Syng psalmes to the Lorde, syng psalmes: syng psalmes to our kyng, sing psalmes. 7 For the Lorde is kyng of all the earth: syng psalmes all you that haue skyll.