Psalms 103:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ בָּרֲכִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וְכָל־קְ֝רָבַ֗י אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃

Transliteration

Of Dāwid ׀ bārakî napšî ʾet-YHWH wə-all-qərābay ʾet-šēm qodšô

Grammar Details

• *Dāwid*: proper name with prefixed preposition *lə* (to/for/of David)
• *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
• *qərābay*: plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my inward parts
• *šēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
• *qodšô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his holiness/his holy name

Word Meanings

• *bārakî*: bless/praise/adore
• *napšî*: my soul/self/life/person/being/appetite/mind
• *qərābay*: my inward parts/my entrails/my inner being

Referenced Verses

• Ps 63:5 : 5 My soul shall be satisfied{H8799)} as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise{H8762)} thee with joyful lips:
• Ps 57:7-9 : 7 My heart is fixed{H8737)}, O God, my heart is fixed{H8737)}: I will sing{H8799)} and give praise{H8762)}. 8 Awake up{H8798)}, my glory; awake{H8798)}, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake{H8686)} early. 9 I will praise{H8686)} thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing{H8762)} unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted{H8798)}, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
• Ps 146:1-2 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
• 1 Cor 14:15 : 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
• Ps 103:22-104:1 : 22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
• Ps 111:1 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
• Ps 138:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
• John 4:24 : 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
• Ps 47:7 : 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises{H8761)} with understanding{H8688)}.
• Ps 86:12-13 : 12 I will praise{H8686)} thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify{H8762)} thy name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered{H8689)} my soul from the lowest hell.
• Ps 99:3 : 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
• Isa 6:3 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
• Mark 12:30-33 : 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
• Luke 1:46-47 : 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
• Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Rev 4:8 : 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.