Psalms 145
145
Praising God’s Greatness
A Davidic hymn.
1I # The lines of this poem form an acrostic. exalt You, my God the King,
and praise Your name forever and ever. # Ps 30:1; 34:1; 99:5,9
2I will praise You every day;
I will honor Your name forever and ever. # Ps 146:2
3Yahweh is great and is highly praised; # Ps 48:1; 147:5
His greatness is unsearchable. # Jb 5:9; 9:10; Is 40:28
4One generation will declare Your works to the next
and will proclaim Your mighty acts. # Ps 22:30-31
5I # LXX, Syr read They will speak of Your splendor and glorious majesty
and # LXX, Syr read and they will tell of Your wonderful works. # Ps 119:27
6They will proclaim the power of Your awe-inspiring acts,
and I will declare Your greatness. # Alt Hb tradition, Jer read great deeds # Dt 10:21; Ps 106:2
7They will give a testimony of Your great goodness
and will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. # Is 63:7
8The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love. # Ex 34:6; Ps 86:5,15; 103:8
9The Lord is good to everyone; # Ac 14:17
His compassion rests on all He has made. # Ps 100:5
10All You have made will thank You, Lord;
the # Lit Your godly will praise You. # Ps 19:1; 103:22
11They will speak of the glory of Your kingdom
and will declare Your might, # Jr 14:21
12informing all people of Your mighty acts
and of the glorious splendor of Your # LXX, Syr, Jer; MT reads His kingdom. # Ps 105:1; 145:5
13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
Your rule is for all generations. # Ps 10:16; 2Pt 1:11
The Lord is faithful in all His words
and gracious in all His actions. # One Hb ms, DSS, LXX, Syr; some Hb mss omit The Lord is faithful in all His words and gracious in all His actions. # Ps 103:8
14The Lord helps all who fall;
He raises up all who are oppressed. # Lit bowed down # Ps 37:24; 146:8
15All eyes look to You,
and You give them their food at the proper time. # Ps 104:27; 136:25
16You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing. # Ps 104:28
17The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and gracious in all His acts. # Ps 116:5
18The Lord is near all who call out to Him,
all who call out to Him with integrity. # Dt 4:7; Ps 34:18; Jn 4:23-24
19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;
He hears their cry for help and saves them. # Ps 10:17; 21:2; 37:4
20The Lord guards all those who love Him,
but He destroys all the wicked. # Ps 31:23; 97:10
21My mouth will declare Yahweh’s praise;
let every living thing
praise His holy name forever and ever. # Ps 65:2; 150:6
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Psalm 145
145
Praise for the Lord's Goodness and Power
David's Psalm of praise.
1I will extol thee, my God, O King;
and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2Every day will I bless thee;
and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
and his greatness is unsearchable.
4One generation shall praise thy works to another,
and shall declare thy mighty acts.
5I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty,
and of thy wondrous works.
6And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts:
and I will declare thy greatness.
7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,
and shall sing of thy righteousness.
8The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion;
slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9The Lord is good to all:
and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord;
and thy saints shall bless thee.
11They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,
and talk of thy power;
12to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14The Lord upholdeth all that fall,
and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
15The eyes of all wait upon thee;
and thou givest them their meat in due season.
16Thou openest thine hand,
and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
17The Lord is righteous in all his ways,
and holy in all his works.
18The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
to all that call upon him in truth.
19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:
he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20The Lord preserveth all them that love him:
but all the wicked will he destroy.
21My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord:
and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
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