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May the gloryכְבוֹדof YHWHיְהוָהbeיְהִיforever;לְעוֹלָםmay YHWHיְהוָהrejoiceיִשְׂמַחin his works,בְּמַעֲשָׂיו
Psalms 104:31
Study it in the app“May the glory of YHWH be forever; may YHWH rejoice in his works,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 104:31, word by word
- May the gloryכְבוֹדchevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chevod” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- beיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- rejoiceיִשְׂמַחyismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismach” appears- in his worksמַעֲשָׂיmaasay
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maasay” appears
The context
30You send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
31 · This verse (above)
32who looks at the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they smoke.