Psalms 115:13

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

He blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְ֭בָרֵךְ יִרְאֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַ֝קְּטַנִּ֗ים עִם־הַגְּדֹלִֽים׃

Transliteration

Yĕḇārēḵ yirʾê YHWH, the-qĕṭannim with-the-gĕḏōlîm.

Grammar Details

• *Yĕḇārēḵ*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, 'he will bless'
• *yirʾê*: adjective, masculine plural construct, 'fearers of'
• *YHWH*: divine name
• הַקְּטַנִּים: definite article + adjective, masculine plural, 'the small ones'
• עִם: preposition, 'with'
• הַגְּדֹלִים: definite article + adjective, masculine plural, 'the great ones'

Word Meanings

• *Yĕḇārēḵ*: will bless/will cause to prosper
• *yirʾê*: fearers of/those who fear
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *qĕṭannim*: small ones/little ones/young
• *gĕḏōlîm*: great ones/important ones/elders

Referenced Verses

• Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.
• Ps 128:1 : 1 A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways.
• Rev 11:18 : 18 and the nations were angry, and Thine anger did come, and the time of the dead, to be judged, and to give the reward to Thy servants, to the prophets, and to the saints, and to those fearing Thy name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those who are destroying the land.'
• Rev 19:5 : 5 And a voice out of the throne did come forth, saying, `Praise our God, all ye His servants, and those fearing Him, both the small and the great;'
• Luke 1:50 : 50 And His kindness `is' to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,
• Acts 13:26 : 26 `Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent,
• Acts 26:22 : 22 `Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,
• Col 3:11 : 11 where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman -- but the all and in all -- Christ.
• Ps 128:4-5 : 4 Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah. 5 Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, Look, then, on the good of Jerusalem, All the days of thy life,
• Mal 3:16-17 : 16 Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name. 17 And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing -- a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness -- and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.
• Ps 29:11 : 11 Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!
• Rev 20:12 : 12 and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works;