Psalms 111:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀ אוֹדֶ֣ה יְ֭הוָה בְּכָל־לֵבָ֑ב בְּס֖וֹד יְשָׁרִ֣ים וְעֵדָֽה׃

Transliteration

Hallelû Yāh ׀ 'ôdeh YHWH with-all-lēbāb in-sôd yəšārîm wə-'ēdāh

Grammar Details

• *Hallelû*: imperative, plural - praise/celebrate
• *Yāh*: proper noun, shortened form of YHWH
• *'ôdeh*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will praise/give thanks
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *lēbāb*: noun, masculine, singular - heart/mind/inner person
• *sôd*: noun, masculine, singular construct - assembly/council/company
• *yəšārîm*: adjective, masculine, plural - upright ones
• *wə*-: conjunction - and
• *'ēdāh*: noun, feminine, singular - congregation/assembly

Word Meanings

• *Hallelû*: praise/celebrate/extol
• *'ôdeh*: praise/give thanks/acknowledge
• *lēbāb*: heart/mind/inner being/will
• *sôd*: council/assembly/circle/confidential discussion
• *yəšārîm*: upright ones/straight ones/righteous ones
• *'ēdāh*: congregation/assembly/gathering/community

Referenced Verses

• Ps 138:1 : 1 > I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
• Ps 149:1 : 1 Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, His praise in the assembly of the saints.
• 1 Chr 29:10-20 : 10 Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David said, You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. 11 Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come of you, and you rule over all; and in your hand is power and might; and it is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name. 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come of you, and of your own have we given you. 15 For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 16 Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes of your hand, and is all your own. 17 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you. 18 Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart to you; 19 and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision. 20 David said to all the assembly, Now bless Yahweh your God. All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshiped Yahweh, and the king.
• Ps 89:7 : 7 A very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, To be feared above all those who are around him?
• Ps 35:18 : 18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
• Ps 40:9-9 : 9 I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know. 10 I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
• Ps 89:5 : 5 The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
• Ps 103:1 : 1 > Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
• Ps 106:1 : 1 Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his loving kindness endures forever.
• Ps 106:48 : 48 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!
• Ps 107:32 : 32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.
• Ps 108:3 : 3 I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
• Ps 109:30 : 30 I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
• 2 Chr 6:3-4 : 3 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood. 4 He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
• 2 Chr 20:26-28 : 26 On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah to this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 They came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.
• Ps 9:1 : 1 > I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
• Ps 22:25 : 25 Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.