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Psalms 103:2

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

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בָּרֲכִ֣יbarakhiblessבָרַךְverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “bless”, a commandH1288to 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)[idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.נַ֭פְשִׁיnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּ֝שְׁכְּחִ֗יtishkechiforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “forget”, a wish or indirect commandH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).גְּמוּלָֽיוgemulayvbenefitגְּמוּלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “benefit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1576treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital[phrase] as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:

Young’s Literal Translation

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits,

World English Bible

Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,

Darby Translation

Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Douay-Rheims

And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον, καὶ μὴ ἐπιλανθάνου πάσας τὰς αἰνέσεις αὐτοῦ·