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Psalm 103 is the 103rd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Bless the L ORD, O my soul". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible , and a book of the Christian Old Testament .
John Goss "Praise, my soul, the King of heaven" is a Christian hymn.Its text, which draws from Psalm 103, was written by Anglican divine Henry Francis Lyte. [1] First published in 1834, it endures in modern hymnals to a setting written by John Goss in 1868, and remains one of the most popular hymns in English-speaking denominations.
In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate version of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 103. In Latin, it is known as "Benedic anima mea Domino". [2] Psalm 104 is used as a regular part of Jewish, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.
The song is a contemporary version of a classic worship song making the case for "10,000 reasons for my heart to find" to praise God. The inspiration for the song came through the opening verse of Psalm 103: "Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name".
Verse 1 is recited by the sheaves of barley in Perek Shirah. [13] [14] Verse 14 is said in Selichot. [14] Sephardi Jews recite verse 14 after the prayer of Ein Keloheinu in the morning service. [15] This verse is also used as a popular Jewish song called Atah takum, with the refrain ki va moed. [16] Psalm 102 is said in times of community ...
The Old Testament scholar Hermann Gunkel, in his standard work The Psalms, believes the structuring of the verses was originally: [12] Verses 2–4: Introduction to and emergence of the poem; Verses 5ff: The actual poem; Verses 5–7 and 12: General considerations; Verses 8 and 13c.d: Return to yourself; Verses 13a.b, 9–11 and verse 14: The ...
Psalm 147 is the 147th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version, "Praise ye the L ORD: for it is good to sing praises".In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible, and in the Latin Vulgate/Vulgata Clementina, this psalm is divided into Psalm 146 and Psalm 147.
Psalm 5 is the fifth psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation". In Latin, it is known as " Verba mea auribus percipe Domine ". [ 1 ]