Friday, September 8, 2023

Psalm 96 Annotated

This translation is from the New American Standard Bible. Other translations are available here.  Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seems to be the key words is provided in blue immediately below the scriptural text. 

 

Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, bless His name; proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.
Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.
For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before Him, strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory of His name; bring an offering and come into His courts.
Worship the Lord in holy attire; tremble before Him, all the earth.
10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.”

11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all it contains;
12 Let the field exult, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy 13 before the Lord, for He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

 

Sing = שִׁיר = šîr  Blue Letter Bible  sing in one’s honor, celebrate in song; behold

 

new = חָדָשׁ = ḥāḏāš  Blue Letter Bible  fresh, unheard of 

 

song = שִׁיר = šîr  Blue Letter Bible song, lyrical song

 

bless = בָּרַךְ = bāraḵ  Blue Letter Bible to kneel; praise, salute; celebrate, adore

 

name = שֵׁם = šēm  Blue Letter Bible  name; reputation, fame, glory; honor, authority, character; renown, report

 

proclaim glad tidings = בָּשַׂר = basar Blue Letter Bible  to bear news, bear tidings, publish, preach, show forth; gladden with good news; receive good news; to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, figuratively cheerful); to announce (glad news);  bear or receive glad tidings

 

salvation = יְשׁוּעָה = yšûʿâ  Blue Letter Bible  salvation, deliverance; welfare, prosperity; victory; something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; aid 

 

tell סָפַר = caphar  Blue Letter Bible  recount, relateto recount (something); take account of, reckon; take account of, carefully observe and consider; rehearse, declare; speak, talk; relate; narrate; celebrate; polish, inscribe

 

glory = כָּבוֹד = kāḇôḏ  Blue Letter Bible  glory, honour, glorious, abundance; weight, but only figuratively in a good sense; heaviness; splendor or copiousness; dignity of position; reputation, of character; majesty

wonderful deeds = פָּלָא = pala'  Blue Letter Bible  beyond one's power; extraordinary, hard, difficult, arduous; marvelous, wonderful, surpassing, great; singular, distinguished; wondrous

 

great = גָּדוֹל = gāḏôl  Blue Letter Bible  great (in any sense); large (in magnitude and extent); in importance; great, distinguished (of men); mighty; noble; distinguished

 

greatly = מְאֹד = m'ōḏ  Blue Letter Bible  exceedingly, much; muchness, force, abundance; wholly; especially; utterly; strength, force; to a great degree

 

praised = הָלַל = halal  Blue Letter Bible  shineflash forth light; praise, boast, be boastful; be commended; gloryravecelebrate; be clear, be brilliant; sing; make bright or shining

 

feared = יָרֵא = yārē' Blue Letter Bible  fear, revere, be afraidtremblestand in awe ofbe awed; reverence, honorrespectvenerate; admire; be dreadful; cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe; inspire reverence or godly fear or awe; to make afraid, terrify; shoot, pour; morally to revere

 

made= עָשָׂה = ʿāśâ  Blue Letter Bible  to do, fashion, accomplish, make; work, produce; to deal (with); to act, act with effect, effect; attend to, put in order; to observe, celebrate;advance; follow, fulfill; be industrious, labor; yield; produce by labor

 

splendor = הוֹד = hôḏ Blue Letter Bible splendour, vigour; grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance):—beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour; freshness, beauty

 

majesty = הָדָר = hāḏār  Blue Letter Bible  ornament, splendour, honour; majesty; glory; beauty, comeliness, excellency; adorning  

strength = עֹז = ōz  Blue Letter Bible might, strength; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise); power, might; firmness; defence, refuge, protection; majesty, splendor; glory, praise

 

beauty = תִּפְאָרָה = tip̄'ārâ  Blue Letter Bible  beauty, splendor, glory; finery; rank, renown 

 

sanctuary = מִקְדָּשׁ = miqdāš  Blue Letter Bible  sacred place, sanctuary, holy place; consecrated thing or place; chapel, hallowed part, holy place; asylum 

ascribe = יָהַב = yāhaḇ  Blue Letter Bible  to give, provide, ascribe, come; to put; imperatively (reflexive) come; to place

 

glory = כָּבוֹד = kāḇôḏ  Blue Letter Bible  glory, honour, glorious, abundance; weight, but only figuratively in a good sense; heaviness; splendor or copiousness; dignity of position; reputation, of character; majesty

 

strength = עֹז = ōz  Blue Letter Bible might, strength; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise); power, might; firmness; defence, refuge, protection; majesty, splendor; glory, praise

 

glory = כָּבוֹד = kāḇôḏ  Blue Letter Bible  glory, honour, glorious, abundance; weight, but only figuratively in a good sense; heaviness; splendor or copiousness; dignity of position; reputation, of character; majesty

name = שֵׁם = šēm  Blue Letter Bible  name; reputation, fame, glory; honor, authority, character; renown, report

 

bring = נָשָׂא = nāśā' Blue Letter Bible  to lift, bear up, carry, take;  to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure; bear continuously; take, receive, take hold of; accept

 

offering = מִנְחָה = minḥâ  Blue Letter Bible gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering; bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)

 

come = בּוֹא = bô' Blue Letter Bible to go in, enter, come, go, come in; to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring upon; carry; fetch; follow; entering into specific relations; walk, associate with

 

worship = שָׁחָה = shachah Blue Letter Bible to bow down, prostrate oneself; before superior in homage; before God in worship; do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship; to fall to one’s knees and touch the forehead to the ground; to honor God with prayers; submit oneself. 

 

tremble = חוּל = ḥûl Blue Letter Bible  to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained; to be made to writhe, be made to bear; to be distressed; fall grievously (with pain); travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded; be strong and firm; wait, stay, delay

 

say = אָמַר = 'āmar  Blue Letter Bible  certify; declare; command, to promise, to intend; to avow, to avouch; bear forth, bring to lightto speak, utter; say in one's heart, think 

 

reigns = מָלַךְ = mālaḵ Blue Letter Bible  to be or become king or queen; to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; to be king; to counsel, advise

 

established= כּוּן = kûn  Blue Letter Bible  to be firm, be stable, be established; to be fixed, be securely determined;  to prepare, be ready; to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up; make provision; to direct; be right, fit, sincere, firm, constant; sure; established, confirmed; enduring; direct one’s face toward; arrange, order

 

judge = דִּין = dîn  Blue Letter Bible   to judge, contend, plead; to act as judge, minister judgment; to plead a cause; to execute judgment, requite, vindicate; to govern; to judge (as umpire); to strive (as at law); to rule, regulate; condemn, punish; defend the right; domineer

 

equity = מֵישָׁר = mêšār  Blue Letter Bible  evenness, uprightness, straightness, equity; level; smoothness; rightly; rectitude; upright(-ly, -ness); path of righteous (in the future); have pleasure in equity; sincerity; probity, justice, justly; peace, friendship  

 

be glad = שָׂמַח = samach Blue Letter Bible  to rejoice, be glad; brighten up; blithe or gleesome; cheer up; to gladden, make joyful, exult

 

rejoice = גִּיל = gîl  Blue Letter Bible to rejoice, exult, be glad; be joyful; to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion);  dance, leap for joy, tremble 

 

roar = רָעַם = rāʿam  Blue Letter Bible  to thunder; be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); to be angry 

 

exult = עָלַז = ālaz  Blue Letter Bible to exult, rejoice, triumph; to jump for joy

 

sing for joy = רָנַן = ranan  Blue Letter Bible to overcome; to cry out, shout for joy, give a ringing cry; triumph

 

coming = בּוֹא = bô' Blue Letter Bible to go in, enter, come, go, come in; to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring upon; carry; fetch; follow;entering into specific relations; walk, associate with

 

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