Psalms 104 · Verse 33

Psalms 104:33

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Psalms 104:33, King James Version

Psalms 104:33 in other translations

BSBI will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
WEBI will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
ASVI will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
YLTI sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.
DARBYI will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being.
BBEI will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
WebsterI will sing to the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

What does Psalms 104:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 104:31-34

31-34. 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).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 I 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 be brought about? and how shall the new earth be inhabited with righteous spirits only? The answer is,

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 104:31-35

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…

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Psalms 104:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָשִׁ֣ירָה'a.Shi.rahI will singH7891
לַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
בְּחַיָּ֑יbe.chai.Yaiin life myH2416
אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה'a.za.me.RahI will sing praisesH2167
לֵאלֹהַ֣יle.lo.Haito God myH430
בְּעוֹדִֽי\׃be.'o.Diin duration myH5750

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 104:33

  • Psalms 63:4

    Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

  • Psalms 146:2

    While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

  • Psalms 145:1-2

    David’s Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
63:4; 145:1,2; 146:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 104:32

    He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

  • Psalms 104:33

    I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

  • Psalms 104:34

    My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.

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Psalms 104:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
A Jehová cantaré en mi vida: á mi Dios salmearé mientras viviere.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je chanterai à l’ Éternel durant ma vie, je chanterai des cantiques à mon Dieu tant que j’existerai.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Singen will ich Jehova mein Leben lang, will meinem Gott Psalmen singen, solange ich bin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et percussit vineas eorum, et ficulneas eorum, et contrivit lignum finium eorum.