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Psalms 103:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.


Psalms 103:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 103:217 words
HebrewMeaning
בָּרֲכ֣וּbārăkw
blessverbH1288
abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כָּלkāl
O allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
צְבָאָ֑י/וṣəbāʾāyw
hosts hisnounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗י/וməšārətāyw
servants hisverbH8334
serve(-ant · -ice · -itor) · wait on
עֹשֵׂ֥יʿōśēy
who doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
רְצוֹנֽ/וֹrəṣwōnwō
will hisnounH7522
-ed) · delight · desire · favour ···
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 103:21

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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