Psalms 135:19 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 135:19

O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

O house of Israel, bless ye Jehovah: O house of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah:

KJV

Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron:

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The more deplorable the condition of the Gentile nations that worship idols is the more are we bound to thank God that we know better. Let us set ourselves about the acts of devotion, and employ ourselves in them: Bless the Lord, and again and again, bless the Lord.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בֵּ֣ית	beit	O house of	H1004 →
יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל	Yis.ra.'el	Israel	H3478 →
בָּרֲכ֣וּ	ba.ra.Khu	bless	H1288 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	O house of	H1004 →
אַ֝הֲרֹ֗ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
בָּרֲכ֥וּ	ba.ra.Khu	bless	H1288 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 148:14
He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
leads to
- Psalms 75:10
  “All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
- Deuteronomy 4:7
  For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
- Ephesians 2:17
  He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
Through
Psalms 145:10
All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
leads to
- Psalms 19:1
  The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- Psalms 103:22
  Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Through
Revelation 19:5
Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
leads to
- Psalms 134:1
  Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
- Psalms 150:6
  Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
- Psalms 148:11–13
  kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,