Psalms 103:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

By David. Praise the LORD, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise 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 As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,
• Ps 57:7-9 : 7 I am determined, O God! I am determined! I will sing and praise you! 8 Awake, my soul! Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn! 9 I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord! I will sing praises to you before foreigners! 10 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds. 11 Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!
• Ps 146:1-2 : 1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! 2 I will praise the LORD as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!
• 1 Cor 14:15 : 15 What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.
• Ps 103:22-104:1 : 22 Praise the LORD, all that he has made, in all the regions of his kingdom! Praise the LORD, O my soul! 1 Praise the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are magnificent. You are robed in splendor and majesty.
• Ps 111:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.
• Ps 138:1 : 1 By David. I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.
• John 4:24 : 24 God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
• Ps 47:7 : 7 For God is king of the whole earth! Sing a well-written song!
• Ps 86:12-13 : 12 O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart! I will honor your name continually! 13 For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
• Ps 99:3 : 3 Let them praise your great and awesome name! He is holy!
• Isa 6:3 : 3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”
• Mark 12:30-33 : 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32 The expert in the law said to him,“That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him. 33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
• Luke 1:46-47 : 46 Mary’s Hymn of Praise And Mary said,“My soul exalts the Lord, 47 and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,
• Phil 1:9 : 9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
• Rev 4:8 : 8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying:“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”