1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Praise H1984 (הָלַל) — to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to ce…
- Yah H3050 (יָהּ) — Jah, the sacred name
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- O my soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
2 While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- While I live H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
- will I praise H1984 (הָלַל) — to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to ce…
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- I will sing praises H2167 (זָמַר) — properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and musi…
- unto my God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Put not your trust H982 (בָּטַח) — properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
- in princes H5081 (נָדִיב) — properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
- in the son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- no help H8668 (תְּשׁוּעָה) — rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- His breath H7307 (רוּחַ) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by re…
- goeth forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- he returneth H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- to his earth H127 (אֲדָמָה) — soil (from its general redness)
- in that very day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- his thoughts H6250 (עֶשְׁתֹּנָה) — thinking
- perish H6 (אָבַד) — properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Happy H835 (אֶשֶׁר) — happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
- the God H410 (אֵל) — strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- of Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- for his help H5828 (עֵזֶר) — aid
- whose hope H7664 (שֵׂבֶר) — expectation
- in Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- his God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Which made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- heaven H8064 (שָׁמַיִם) — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
- and earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- the sea H3220 (יָם) — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin…
- which keepeth H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- truth H571 (אֶמֶת) — stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- for ever H5769 (עוֹלָם) — properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially…
7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Which executeth H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
- for the oppressed H6231 (עָשַׁק) — to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
- which giveth H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- food H3899 (לֶחֶם) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- to the hungry H7457 (רָעֵב) — hungry (more or less intensely)
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- looseth H5425 (נָתַר) — to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
- the prisoners H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
8 Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- openeth H6491 (פָּקַח) — to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant
- the blind H5787 (עִוֵּר) — blind (literally or figuratively)
- raiseth H2210 (זָקַף) — to life, i.e. (figuratively) comfort
- them that are bowed down H3721 (כָּפַף) — to curve
- loveth H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- the righteous H6662 (צַדִּיק) — just
9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- preserveth H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- the strangers H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- he relieveth H5749 (עוּד) — to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
- the fatherless H3490 (יָתוֹם) — a bereaved person
- and widow H490 (אַלְמָנָה) — a widow; also a desolate place
- but the way H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- of the wicked H7563 (רָשָׁע) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- he turneth upside down H5791 (עָוַת) — to wrest
10 Jehovah will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- shall reign H4427 (מָלַךְ) — to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
- for ever H5769 (עוֹלָם) — properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially…
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- O Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
- unto all H1755 (דּוֹר) — properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- generations H1755 (דּוֹר) — properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- Hallelu H1984 (הָלַל) — to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to ce…
- jah H3050 (יָהּ) — Jah, the sacred name