Alphabetic Verses: Aleph

I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

AV Psalm 34:1

I will praise the LORD with my whole heart

AV Psalm 111:1

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

AV Psalm 119:7

I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

AV Psalm 119:8

I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

AV Psalm 145:1

The Sovereignty of God is the divine freedom to say I will and have it be. It is a fundamental theme of Spoke 1 (cf. The Pot and the Potter) that God displays in these verses. Each of the verbs - bless, praise, keep, and extol - are prefixed with an Aleph, which transforms the root into the first person future, signifying the idea I will. This is a fundamental grammatical function of Aleph. For example, Psalm 34.1 above opens with (Ebarkah, I will bless), formed from the root