Psalms 9:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

To him that excelleth vpon Muth Labben. A Psalme of Dauid. I will praise the Lorde with my whole heart: I will speake of all thy marueilous workes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ עַלְמ֥וּת לַבֵּ֗ן מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

Transliteration

To the mĕnaṣṣēaḥ upon 'almût to the bēn, mizmôr to Dāwid

Grammar Details

• *mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*: masculine singular noun with lamed prefix - 'to the director/choirmaster'
• *'almût*: feminine noun - possibly 'death' or musical term 'alamoth'
• *bēn*: masculine singular noun with lamed prefix - 'to the son'
• *mizmôr*: masculine singular noun - 'psalm/song'
• *Dāwid*: proper name with lamed prefix - 'to David'

Word Meanings

• *mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*: director/choirmaster/chief musician
• *'almût*: death/dying/musical term 'alamoth'/possibly 'upon death of'
• *bēn*: son/male child
• *mizmôr*: psalm/melody/song with instrumental accompaniment
• *Dāwid*: David (proper name)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 86:12 : 12 I wil prayse thee, O Lord my God, with all mine heart: yea, I wil glorifie thy Name for euer.
• Ps 145:1-3 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid of prayse. O my God and King, I will extoll thee, and will blesse thy Name for euer and euer. 2 I will blesse thee dayly, and prayse thy Name for euer and euer. 3 Great is the Lord, and most worthy to be praysed, and his greatnes is incomprehensible.
• Ps 146:1-2 : 1 Prayse ye the Lorde. Prayse thou the Lord, O my soule. 2 I will prayse the Lorde during my life: as long as I haue any being, I wil sing vnto my God.
• Ps 111:1 : 1 Prayse ye the Lord. I will prayse the Lord with my whole heart in the assemblie and Congregation of the iust.
• Ps 138:1 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid. I will praise thee with my whole heart: euen before the gods will I praise thee.
• Isa 12:1 : 1 And thou shalt say in that day, O Lorde, I will prayse thee: though thou wast angrie with me, thy wrath is turned away, and thou comfortest me.
• 1 Chr 16:12 : 12 Remember his marueilous workes that he hath done, his wonders, and the iudgementes of his mouth,
• 1 Chr 16:24 : 24 Declare his glory among the nations, and his wonderful workes among all people.
• 1 Chr 29:10-13 : 10 Therefore Dauid blessed the Lord before all the Congregation, and Dauid sayde, Blessed be thou, O Lorde God, of Israel our father, for euer and euer. 11 Thine, O Lord, is greatnesse & power, and glory, and victorie & praise: for all that is in heauen and in earth is thine: thine is the kingdome, O Lord, and thou excellest as head ouer all. 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hande it is to make great, and to giue strength vnto all. 13 Now therefore our God, we thanke thee, and prayse thy glorious Name.
• Ps 7:17 : 17 I wil praise the Lord according to his righteousnes, and will sing praise to the Name of the Lord most high.
• Ps 9:14 : 14 That I may shewe all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation.
• Ps 26:7 : 7 That I may declare with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and set foorth all thy wonderous woorkes.
• Ps 34:1-4 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid, when he changed his behauiour before Abimelech, who droue him away, and he departed. I will alway giue thankes vnto the Lorde: his praise shalbe in my mouth continually. 2 My soule shall glory in the Lord: the humble shall heare it, and be glad. 3 Praise ye the Lord with me, and let vs magnifie his Name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he deliuered me out of all my feare.
• Ps 51:15 : 15 Open thou my lippes, O Lorde, and my mouth shall shewe foorth thy praise.
• Isa 43:21 : 21 This people haue I formed for my selfe: they shall shewe foorth my praise.
• Isa 60:6 : 6 The multitude of camels shall couer thee: and the dromedaries of Midian and of Ephah: all they of Sheba shall come: they shall bring golde and incense, and shewe foorth the prayses of the Lorde.
• Ps 103:1-2 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid. My soule, prayse thou the Lorde, and all that is within me, prayse his holy Name. 2 My soule, prayse thou the Lord, and forget not all his benefites.
• Ps 106:2 : 2 Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lord, or shewe forth all his prayse?
• Heb 13:15 : 15 Let vs therefore by him offer the sacrifice of prayse alwaies to God, that is, the fruite of the lippes, which confesse his Name.
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthie to take the Booke, and to open the seales thereof, because thou wast killed, and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood out of euery kinred, and tongue, and people, and nation, 10 And hast made vs vnto our God Kings and Priests, and we shall reigne on the earth. 11 Then I behelde, & I heard the voice of many Angels round about the throne, & about the beastes and the Elders, & there were ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousand thousands, 12 Saying with a loude voice, Worthie is the Lambe that was killed to receiue power, & riches, & wisdome, & strength, & honour, & glory, and praise. 13 And al the creatures which are in heauen, and on the earth, and vnder the earth, and in the sea, and al that are in them, heard I, saying, Praise, & honour, and glory, and power be vnto him, that sitteth vpon the throne, and vnto the Lambe for euermore. 14 And the foure beasts said, Amen, & the foure and twentie Elders fell downe and worshipped him that liueth for euermore.
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sung the song of Moses the seruant of God, & the song of the Lambe, saying, Great and marueilous are thy workes, Lord God almightie: iust and true are thy wayes, King of Saints.
• Luke 10:27 : 27 And he answered, and saide, Thou shalt loue thy Lord God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy strength, and with all thy thought, and thy neighbour as thy selfe.