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Psalms 69:34

Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 69:35.

יְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּyehalluhvboastהָלַלverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “boast”, an unfinished actionH1984to 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(make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.שָׁמַ֣יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וָאָ֑רֶץvaaretsand earthאֶרֶץconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.יַ֝מִּ֗יםyamimseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a 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 southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).וְֽכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and 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).רֹמֵ֥שׂromesmoveרָמַשׂverb, qal, participle, absolute — “move”, a verb used as a describing wordH7430properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarmcreep, move.בָּֽםbaminבָּֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(69-35) Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

Young’s Literal Translation

The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.

World English Bible

Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

Darby Translation

Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(69-35) Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αἰνεσάτωσαν αὐτὸν οἱ οὐρανοὶ καὶ ἡ γῆ, θάλασσα καὶ πάντα τὰ ἕρποντα ἐν αὐτοῖς.