Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
- KJV Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
- BSB Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
- NASB Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, my soul!
- NLT Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord.
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Quick answer
The psalmist calls himself to praise the LORD from the soul. Worship begins with stirring up one's own heart to bless God.
Overview
Opening with 'Praise Yah!' this is the first of the Psalter's five closing Hallelujah psalms. The summons turns inward—'Praise Yahweh, my soul'—showing that true praise engages the whole inner person. Believers likewise are called to worship God wholeheartedly, in spirit and truth (John 4:24).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 103:22Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!
- Ps 103:1By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
- Ps 104:35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!
- Ps 105:45that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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