King James Version

Psalms 104:34

My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

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יֶעֱרַ֣בyeeravbe pleasantעָרֵבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be pleasant”, an unfinished actionH6149to be agreeablebe pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet.עָלָ֣יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…שִׂיחִ֑יsichibabblingשִׂיחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “babbling”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7879a contemplation; by implication, an utterancebabbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.אָ֝נֹכִ֗יanokhimeאָנֹכִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.אֶשְׂמַ֥חesmachbe gladשָׂמַחverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be glad”, an unfinished actionH8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomecheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.בַּיהוָֽהbayhvahin Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let my musing be sweet unto Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let my meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sweet is my meditation on Him, I — I do rejoice in Jehovah.

World English Bible

Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

Darby Translation

My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let my musing be sweet unto Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let my meditation be sweet to him: and I will rejoice in the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡδυνθείη αὐτῷ ἡ διαλογή μου, ἐγὼ δὲ εὐφρανθήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ.