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OET (OET-RV) A song by David.
⇔ Bless Yahweh with my entire self,
⇔ ≈and everything that’s within me, bless him because he’s sinless.

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Τῷ Δαυίδ.
¶ Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον. Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου ἐμεγαλύνθης σφόδρα· ἐξομολόγησιν καὶ εὐπρέπειαν ἐνεδύσω,
( Tōi Dawid.
¶ Eulogei haʸ psuⱪaʸ mou ton Kurion. Kurie ho Theos mou emegalunthaʸs sfodra; exomologaʸsin kai euprepeian enedusō, )

BrTr A Psalm of David.
¶ Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honour:

ULT A psalm of David.
⇔ Of David Bless Yahweh, my inner being!
⇔ and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

UST A psalm written by David.
⇔ I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh.
⇔ I will praise him because he is holy.

BSB Of David.
⇔ Bless the LORD, O my soul;
⇔ all that is within me, bless His holy name.

OEB Of David.
⇔ O my soul, bless the Lord;
⇔ and all that is in me, his holy name.

WEBBE By David.
⇔ Praise the LORD, my soul!
⇔ All that is within me, praise his holy name!

WMBB (Same as above)

NET By David.
⇔ Praise the Lord, O my soul!
⇔ With all that is within me, praise his holy name!

LSV BY DAVID. Bless, O my soul, YHWH,
And all my inward parts—His Holy Name.

FBV A psalm of David.
⇔ Let every part of me praise the Lord; let my whole being praise his holy character.

T4T I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh.
⇔ I will praise him [MTY] with all of my inner being, because he [MTY] is holy.

LEB • Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and all within me, bless his holy name.

BBE Of David.
⇔ Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name.

Moff A song of David.
⇔ Bless the Eternal, O my soul,
⇔ let all my being bless his sacred name;

JPS A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.

ASV A Psalm of David.
⇔ Bless Jehovah, O my soul;
⇔ And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

DRA For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty:

YLT By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts — His Holy Name.

Drby [A Psalm] of David.
⇔ Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name!

RV A Psalm of David.
⇔ Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Wbstr A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

KJB-1769 A Psalm of David.
⇔ Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

KJB-1611 ¶ A Psalme of Dauid. ¶ Blesse the LORD, O my soule: and all that is within me, blesse his holy Name.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Blesse God O my soule: and all that is within me prayse his holy name.
(Bless God O my soul: and all that is within me praise his holy name.)

Gnva A Psalme of David. My soule, prayse thou the Lord, and all that is within me, prayse his holy Name.
(A Psalm of David. My soul, praise thou/you the Lord, and all that is within me, praise his holy Name. )

Cvdl Prayse the LORDE (o my soule) & all that is within me prayse his holy name.
(Praise the LORD (o my soul) and all that is within me praise his holy name.)

Wycl The hundrid and thridde salm. Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; my Lord God, thou art magnyfied greetli. Thou hast clothid knouleching and fairnesse; and thou art clothid with liyt,
(The hundred and third psalm. My soul, bless thou/you the Lord; my Lord God, thou/you art magnified greatly. Thou/you hast clothed knouleching and fairnesse; and thou/you art clothed with light,)

Luth Ein Psalm Davids. Lobe den HErr’s, meine SeeLE, und was in mir ist, seinen heiligen Namen!
(A Psalm Davids. Praise the LORD’s, my SeeLE, and what/which in to_me is, his holy name(s)!)

ClVg Ipsi David. [Benedic, anima mea, Domino: Domine Deus meus, magnificatus es vehementer. Confessionem et decorem induisti,[fn]
(Ipsi David. [Benedic, anima my, Master: Domine God mine, magnificatus you_are vehementer. Confessionem and decorem induisti, )

103.1 Psalmus David. CASS. Item benedicere Deum monet, primo per cœlum et terram et ornatum eorum. AUG. Etsi vere hic omnia ad litteram possunt religiose accipi, etc., usque ad in omnibus spiritualis sensus quærendus est. Benedic, anima mea, Domino, etc., magnificatus. In notitia, qui semper magnus natura, qui non potes crescere vel minui, quia perfectus es; Confessionem, id est undique habes creaturas, quæ te confitentur, et quæ sunt decoræ et luminosæ. Vel, decor in essentia Dei, et lux undique. CASS. Vel incarnationem significat, per quam confessio et decus supernæ majestatis innotuit, et homines eum confessi sunt, qui sunt lumen cognitione. AUG. Confessionem induisti, id est Ecclesiam, etc., usque ad et vestis sine macula et ruga.

103.1 Psalmus David. CASS. Item benedicere God monet, primo through cœlum and the_earth/land and ornatum their. AUG. Etsi vere this everything to litteram possunt religiose accipi, etc., until to in to_all spiritualis sensus quærendus it_is. Benedic, anima my, Master, etc., magnificatus. In notitia, who always big natura, who not/no potes crescere or minui, because perfectus es; Confessionem, id it_is undique habes creaturas, which you(sg) confitentur, and which are decoræ and luminosæ. Vel, decor in essentia of_God, and light undique. CASS. Vel incarnationem significat, through how confessio and decus supernæ mayestatis innotuit, and homines him confessi are, who are lumen cognitione. AUG. Confessionem induisti, id it_is Ecclesiam, etc., until to and vestis without macula and ruga.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

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(Some words not found in UHB: of,David bless soul_of,my DOM YHWH and=all within_of,me DOM name_of holy_of,his )

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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

I give praise to Yahweh with all my life, and with all that is within me, I give praise to his holy name

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David bless soul_of,my DOM YHWH and=all within_of,me DOM name_of holy_of,his )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize how much he will praise Yahweh. Alternate translation: “I will praise Yahweh with all that I am”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

give praise to his holy name

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David bless soul_of,my DOM YHWH and=all within_of,me DOM name_of holy_of,his )

This refers to praising Yahweh’s name as Yahweh.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

all that is within me

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David bless soul_of,my DOM YHWH and=all within_of,me DOM name_of holy_of,his )

“all of me” or “all that I am.” David uses this phrase to refer to himself and to emphasize his devotion to Yahweh.

Parallel PSA 103:1

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