Psalms 138:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Let them sing about the LORD’s deeds, for the LORD’s splendor is magnificent.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭יָשִׁירוּ בְּדַרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּֽי־גָ֝ד֗וֹל כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-they will šîr in-derek-of YHWH, kî-great kābôd of-YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *šîr*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will sing
• *derek*: masculine plural construct - ways/paths of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *kî*: conjunction - because/for/that
• *kābôd*: masculine singular construct - glory/honor of

Word Meanings

• *šîr*: sing/celebrate in song
• *derek*: way/path/journey/manner/conduct
• *YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
• *kābôd*: glory/honor/splendor/wealth

Referenced Verses

• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
• Ps 21:5 : 5 Your deliverance brings him great honor; you give him majestic splendor.
• Rev 4:11 : 11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”
• Rev 5:12-14 : 12 all of whom were singing in a loud voice:“Worthy is the lamb who was killed to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!” 13 Then I heard every creature– in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them– singing:“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!” 14 And the four living creatures were saying“Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped.
• Rev 7:12 : 12 saying,“Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
• Rev 19:1 : 1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
• Isa 6:1-3 : 1 Isaiah’s Commission In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly. 3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”
• Isa 52:7-9 : 7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion,“Your God reigns!” 8 Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the LORD’s return to Zion. 9 In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem. 10 The LORD reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.
• Isa 65:14 : 14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.
• Isa 66:10-14 : 10 Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her! 11 For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. 12 For this is what the LORD says:“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees. 13 As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.” 14 When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The LORD will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.
• Jer 31:11-12 : 11 For the LORD will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them. 12 They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the LORD provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more.
• Zeph 3:14-15 : 14 Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem! 15 The LORD has removed the judgment against you; he has turned back your enemy. Israel’s king, the LORD, is in your midst! You no longer need to fear disaster.
• Matt 21:5-9 : 5 “Tell the people of Zion,‘Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’” 6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
• Luke 19:37-38 : 37 As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen: 38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
• John 13:31-32 : 31 The Prediction of Peter’s Denial When Judas had gone out, Jesus said,“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away.
• John 17:1 : 1 Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said,“Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you–
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
• Eph 1:12 : 12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.
• Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?– majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
• Exod 33:18-19 : 18 And Moses said,“Show me your glory.” 19 And the LORD said,“I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the LORD by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”