Psalms 103:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

Prayse the Lord, all ye his hostes, ye his seruants that doe his pleasure.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּרֲכ֣וּ יְ֭הוָה כָּל־צְבָאָ֑יו מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יו עֹשֵׂ֥י רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

bārăkû YHWH all-ṣəbāʾāyw məšārətāyw ʿōśê rəṣônô

Grammar Details

• *bārăkû*: piel imperative masculine plural - bless
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ṣəbāʾāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hosts
• *məšārətāyw*: piel participle masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ministers
• *ʿōśê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - doers of
• *rəṣônô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pleasure

Word Meanings

• *bārăkû*: bless/praise/adore
• *ṣəbāʾāyw*: his hosts/armies/forces
• *məšārətāyw*: his ministers/servants/attendants
• *ʿōśê* *rəṣônô*: doers of his pleasure/those who do his will

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Againe he said, Heare thou therefore the worde of the Lorde. I sawe the Lorde sit on his throne, and all the hoste of heauen stood about him on his right hand and on his left hand.
• Ps 104:4 : 4 Which maketh his spirits his messengers, and a flaming fire his ministers.
• Gen 32:2 : 2 And when Iaakob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste, and called the name of the same place Mahanaim.
• Josh 5:14 : 14 And he said, Nay, but as a captaine of the host of the Lorde am I nowe come: then Ioshua fel on his face to the earth, and did worship, & saide vnto him, What sayth my Lorde vnto his seruant?
• Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou art Lorde alone: thou hast made heauen, and the heauen of all heauens, with all their hoste, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, & al that are in them, & thou preseruest them all, and the host of the heauen worshippeth thee.
• Luke 2:13 : 13 And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praising God, and saying,
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not al ministring spirits, sent forth to minister, for their sakes which shalbe heires of saluation?
• Rev 22:8-9 : 8 And I am Iohn, which sawe and heard these thinges: and when I had heard and seene, I fell downe to worship before the feete of the Angell which shewed me these things. 9 But he sayde vnto me, See thou doe it not: for I am thy fellowe seruaunt, and of thy brethren the Prophets, and of them which keepe the woordes of this booke: worship God.
• 2 Thess 1:7-8 : 7 And to you which are troubled, rest with vs, when the Lorde Iesus shall shewe himselfe from heauen with his mightie Angels, 8 In flaming fire, rendring vengeance vnto them, that doe not know God, and which obey not vnto the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ,
• Heb 1:6-7 : 6 And againe, when he bringeth in his first begotten Sonne into the worlde, hee saith, And let all the Angels of God worship him. 7 And of the Angels he saith, He maketh the spirites his messengers, and his ministers a flame of fire.
• Ps 33:6 : 6 By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, & all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.
• Ps 68:17 : 17 The charets of God are twentie thousande thousand Angels, and the Lord is among them, as in the Sanctuarie of Sinai.
• 2 Chr 18:18 : 18 Againe hee saide, Therefore heare ye the worde of the Lord: I sawe the Lorde sit vpon his throne, and all the hoste of heauen standing at his right hand, and at his left.
• Dan 7:9-9 : 9 I behelde, till the thrones were set vp, and the Ancient of dayes did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the heare of his head like the pure wooll: his throne was like the fierie flame, and his wheeles as burning fire. 10 A fierie streame yssued, and came foorth from before him: thousand thousandes ministred vnto him, and tenne thousand thousands stoode before him: the iudgement was set, and the bookes opened.
• Matt 13:41 : 41 The Sonne of man shal send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doe iniquitie,
• Matt 24:30-31 : 30 And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man in heauen: and then shall all the kinreds of the earth mourne, and they shall see the Sonne of man come in the cloudes of heauen with power and great glorie. 31 And he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect, from the foure windes, and from the one ende of the heauens vnto the other.