Psalms 103:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Praise the LORD, all you warriors of his, you servants of his who carry out his desires!

📖 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 Micaiah said,“That being the case, listen to the LORD’s message. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing beside him on his right and on his left.
• Ps 104:4 : 4 He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.
• Gen 32:2 : 2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed,“This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.
• Josh 5:14 : 14 He answered,“Truly I am the commander of the LORD’s army. Now I have arrived!” Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked,“What does my master want to say to his servant?”
• Neh 9:6 : 6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, along with all their multitude of stars, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
• Luke 2:13 : 13 Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
• Rev 22:8-9 : 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw them, I threw myself down to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me. 9 But he said to me,“Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!”
• 2 Thess 1:7-8 : 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• Heb 1:6-7 : 6 But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says,“Let all the angels of God worship him!” 7 And he says of the angels,“He makes his angels winds and his ministers a flame of fire,”
• Ps 33:6 : 6 By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.
• Ps 68:17 : 17 God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.
• 2 Chr 18:18 : 18 Micaiah said,“That being the case, listen to the LORD’s message. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.
• Dan 7:9-9 : 9 “While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb’s wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame. 10 A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened.
• Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.
• Matt 24:30-31 : 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.