King James Version

Psalms 71:23

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

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תְּרַנֵּ֣נָּ֣הteranenahshoutרָנַןverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “shout”, an unfinished actionH7442properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.שְׂ֭פָתַיsefataylanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֲזַמְּרָהazamrahgive praiseזָמַרverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “give praise”, an unfinished actionH2167play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and musicgive praise, sing forth praises, psalms.לָּ֑ךְlakhetoלָּ֑ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toוְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗יvenafshiand creatureנֶפֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and 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,…אֲשֶׁ֣רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…פָּדִֽיתָpaditaransomפָּדָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “ransom”, a completed actionH6299to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve[idiom] at all, deliver, [idiom] by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, [idiom] surely.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto Thee; and my soul, which Thou hast redeemed.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Young’s Literal Translation

My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed,

World English Bible

My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!

Darby Translation

My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto Thee; and my soul, which Thou hast redeemed.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My lips shall rejoice when I sing to thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀγαλλιάσονται τὰ χείλη μου ὅταν ψάλω σοι, καὶ ἡ ψυχή μου ἣν ἐλυτρώσω.