Psalms 146
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
10The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30689× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- הָלַלhâlalH19844× in this chapter
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
- אֵתʼêthH8534× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4303× in this chapter
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 superlative
- דּוֹרdôwrH17552× in this chapter
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- יָהּYâhhH30502× in this chapter
Jah, the sacred name
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57692× in this chapter
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- שָׁמַרshâmarH81042× in this chapter
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1201× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhH1271× in this chapter
soil (from its general redness)
- אָהַבʼâhabH1571× in this chapter
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- גֵּרgêrH16161× in this chapter
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18701× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הוּאhûwʼH19311× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- זָמַרzâmarH21671× in this chapter
play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
- זָקַףzâqaphH22101× in this chapter
to life, i.e. (figuratively) comfort
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- יוֹםyôwmH31171× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יָםyâmH32201× in this chapter
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
- יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbH32901× in this chapter
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33181× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- יָתוֹםyâthôwmH34901× in this chapter
a bereaved person
- כֹּלkôlH36051× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אַיִןʼayinH3691× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- כָּפַףkâphaphH37211× in this chapter
to curve
- לֶחֶםlechemH38991× in this chapter
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- אַלʼalH4081× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- אֵלʼêlH4101× in this chapter
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- מָלַךְmâlakH44271× in this chapter
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
- אַלְמָנָהʼalmânâhH4901× in this chapter
a widow; also a desolate place
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49411× in this chapter
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
- נָדִיבnâdîybH50811× in this chapter
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53151× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- נָתַןnâthanH54141× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- נָתַרnâtharH54251× in this chapter
to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
- אֶמֶתʼemethH5711× in this chapter
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- עוּדʻûwdH57491× in this chapter
to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
- עוֹדʻôwdH57501× in this chapter
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more