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Psalms 103:20 — King James Version← Study notes

Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.


Psalms 103:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 103:2010 words
HebrewMeaning
בָּרֲכ֥וּbārăkw
blessverbH1288
abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מַלְאָ֫כָ֥י/וmaləʾākāyw
O angels hisnounH4397
angel · king · messenger
גִּבֹּ֣רֵיgibōrēy
O mighty ones ofadjH1368
chief · excel · giant · man ···
כֹ֭חַkōḥa
strengthnounH3581
able · chameleon · force · fruits ···
עֹשֵׂ֣יʿōśēy
who doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
דְבָר֑/וֹdəbārwō
word hisnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
לִ֝/שְׁמֹ֗עַlišəmōʿa
by obeyingpronH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בְּ/ק֣וֹלbəqwōl
the sound ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
דְּבָרֽ/וֹdəbārwō
word hisnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 103:20

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul! And all that is within me, His holy Name” Psalm 102:1. I suppose that he speaks not of what is within the body; I do not suppose him to mean this, that our lungs and liver, and so forth, are to burst forth into the voice of blessing of the Lord. There are lungs in our breast indeed, like a kind of bellows, which send forth successive breathings, which breathing forth of the air inhaled is pressed out into voice and sound, when the words are…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 103 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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