God’s Word Translation
Psalms 104:33
33I will sing to the Lord throughout my life. I will make music to praise my God as long as I live.
Psalms 104:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- New International Version (NIV)I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Context of Psalms 104:33
31May the glory of the Lord endure forever. May the Lord find joy in what he has made. 32He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord throughout my life. I will make music to praise my God as long as I live. 34May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I will find joy in the Lord. 35May sinners vanish from the world. May there no longer be any wicked people. Praise the Lord, my soul! Hallelujah!
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:33 word by word
אָשִׁ֣ירָה לַיהוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 104:33
- Psalms 63:4So I will thank you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands ⌞to pray⌟ in your name.
- Psalms 145:1I will highly praise you, my God, the king. I will bless your name forever and ever.
- Psalms 146:2I want to praise the Lord throughout my life. I want to make music to praise my God as long as I live.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33I will sing unto the Lord - The psalmist exulting in the glorious prospect of the renovation of all things, breaks out in triumphant anticipation of the great event, and says, I will sing unto the Lord בחיי bechaiyai, with my lives, the life that I now have, and the life that I shall have hereafter. I will sing praise to my God - בעודי beodi, "in my eternity;" my going on, my endless progression. What astonishing ideas! But then, how shall this great work…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live - That is, I will continue to praise him; I will never cease to adore him. The result of the psalmist‘s meditations on the wonderful works of God is to awaken in his mind a desire to praise God forever. He is so filled with a sense of his greatness and glory that he sees that there would be occasion for eternal praise; or that the reason for praise could never be exhausted. He who has any proper sense of the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 Man's glory is fading; God's glory is everlasting: creatures change, but with the Creator there is no variableness. And if mediation on the glories of creation be so sweet to the soul, what greater glory appears to the enlightened mind, when contemplating the great work of redemption! There alone can a sinner perceive ground of confidence and joy in God. While he with pleasure upholds all, governs all, and rejoices in all his works, let our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-35The psalmist moves from describing the known creation to anticipating the new creation, when the Lord will renew the created order into a world without sinners.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3431-34. While God could equally glorify His power in destruction, that He does it in preservation is of His rich goodness and mercy, so that we may well spend our lives in grateful praise, honoring to Him, and delightful to pious hearts (Psa 147:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 104
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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