Psalms 146:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will praise the LORD as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲהַלְלָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵֽאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾahallelah YHWH be-ḥayyay ʾazammerah le-ʾelohay be-ʿodi

Grammar Details

• *ʾahallelah*: piel imperfect, 1st person singular, cohortative - I will praise
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *be-ḥayyay*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - in my life
• *ʾazammerah*: piel imperfect, 1st person singular, cohortative - I will sing praises
• *le-ʾelohay*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - to my God
• *be-ʿodi*: preposition + adverb + 1st person singular suffix - while I [still] exist/while I have being

Word Meanings

• *ʾahallelah*: I will praise/let me praise
• *ʾazammerah*: I will sing/let me sing praises
• *be-ʿodi*: while I exist/as long as I live/while I still have being

Referenced Verses

• Ps 104:33 : 33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist!
• Ps 63:4 : 4 For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
• Ps 71:14-15 : 14 As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you. 15 I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.
• Ps 145:1-2 : 1 A psalm of praise, by David. I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually! 2 Every day I will praise you! I will praise your name continually!
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. 10 They were shouting out in a loud voice,“Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God, 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!” 13 Then one of the elders asked me,“These dressed in long white robes– who are they and where have they come from?” 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”