Psalm 104:1
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָרַךְ
bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
לָבַשׁ
lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
הָדָר
hâdâr
magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
Key Terms in This Verse
לָבַשׁ lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
Study H3847 →בָרַךְ bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
Study H1288 →כָּבוֹד kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Study H3519 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
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 to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wh...
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
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