Psalms 150:1

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֥לְלוּיָ֨הּ ׀ הַֽלְלוּ־אֵ֥ל בְּקָדְשׁ֑וֹ הֽ͏ַ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בִּרְקִ֥יעַ עֻזּֽוֹ

Transliteration

Hallelūyāh ׀ Hallelū-ʾēl in-qodšō Hallelūhū in-rāqîaʿ ʿuzzō

Grammar Details

• *Hallelūyāh*: imperative, plural - praise Yah
• *Hallelū*: imperative, plural - praise
• *ʾēl*: direct object marker with noun - God
• *qodšō*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his holiness/sanctuary
• *Hallelūhū*: imperative plural with 3rd person masculine singular object suffix - praise him
• *rāqîaʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - firmament/expanse
• *ʿuzzō*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his strength/might

Word Meanings

• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
• *qodšō*: his sanctuary/holy place/holiness
• *rāqîaʿ*: firmament/expanse/visible arch of the sky
• *ʿuzzō*: his strength/power/might

Referenced Verses

• Ps 134:2 : 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
• Ps 149:1 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
• Ps 29:9 : 9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
• Ps 102:19 : 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
• Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
• Ps 116:18-19 : 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, 19 In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
• Ps 118:19-20 : 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: 20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
• Ps 66:13-16 : 13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
• Ps 19:1 : 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
• Ezek 1:22-26 : 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
• Ezek 10:1 : 1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
• Gen 1:6-8 : 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.