Psalms 66:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְכֽוּ־שִׁמְע֣וּ וַ֭אֲסַפְּרָה כָּל־יִרְאֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר עָשָׂ֣ה לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

ləkû-šimʿû and ʾăsappərāh all-yirʾê ʾĕlōhîm which ʿāśāh to napšî

Grammar Details

• *ləkû*: verb qal imperative masculine plural - come/go
• *šimʿû*: verb qal imperative masculine plural - hear/listen
• *ʾăsappərāh*: verb piel imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will tell/declare
• *yirʾê*: verb qal participle masculine plural construct - fearers of/those who fear
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - God (despite plural form, treated as singular)
• *ʿāśāh*: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he did/made
• *napšî*: noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul

Word Meanings

• *ləkû*: come/go/walk/proceed
• *šimʿû*: hear/listen/pay attention
• *ʾăsappərāh*: I will tell/declare/recount/relate
• *yirʾê*: those who fear/the fearers of/those who revere
• *ʿāśāh*: did/made/accomplished/performed
• *napšî*: my soul/life/self/being

Referenced Verses

• Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
• Ps 66:5 : 5 Come, and see the works of God; [He is] terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
• Ps 71:15 : 15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, [And] of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers [thereof].
• Ps 71:18 : 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
• Ps 71:20 : 20 Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
• Ps 71:24 : 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.
• Mal 3:16 : 16 Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.
• 1 Cor 15:8-9 : 8 and last of all, as to the [child] untimely born, he appeared to me also. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• 1 Tim 1:15-16 : 15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief: 16 but for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for a ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.
• 1 John 1:3 : 3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
• Ps 22:23-24 : 23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.
• Ps 32:5-6 : 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. {H5542} 6 For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.
• Ps 34:2 : 2 My soul shall make her boast in Jehovah: The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.