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Psalms 146:2 — King James Version← Study notes

While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.


Psalms 146:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 146:26 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲהַלְלָ֣הʾăhaləlāh
I will praiseverbH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּ/חַיָּ֑/יbəḥayāy
in life mypronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
אֲזַמְּרָ֖הʾăzamərāh
I will sing praisesverbH2167
sing forth praises · psalms
לֵֽ/אלֹהַ֣/יlēʾlōhay
to God mypronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בְּ/עוֹדִֽ/יbəʿwōdiy
in duration mypronH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
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 146:2

1. ...Behold the Psalm sounds; it is the voice of some one (and that some one are you, if you will), of some one encouraging his soul to praise God, and saying to himself, “Praise the Lord, O my soul” Psalm 145:1. For sometimes in the tribulations and temptations of this present life, whether we will or no, our soul is troubled; of which troubling he speaks in another Psalm. But to remove this troubling, he suggests joy; not as yet in reality, but in hope; and says to it when…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 146 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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