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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 145:1	Strong Concordance	David's [01732] Psalm of praise [08416]. I will extol [07311] thee, my God [0430], O king [04428]; and I will bless [01288] thy name [08034] for ever [05769] and ever [05703].
	King James	David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
A Psalm of praise to God for His mighty, righteous, and gracious government of all men, and of His humble and suffering people in particular. (Psa. 145:1-21) (Compare Psa 30:1). bless thy name--celebrate Thy perfections (Psa 5:11). God is addressed as king, alluding to His government of men.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

A Psalm of praise to God for His mighty, righteous, and gracious government of all men, and of His humble and suffering people in particular. (Psa. 145:1-21)

(Compare Psa 30:1).

bless thy name--celebrate Thy perfections (Psa 5:11). God is addressed as king, alluding to His government of men.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
I will extol thee ... - I will lift thee up; I will lift up thy name and praise, so that it may be heard afar. And I will bless thy name forever and ever - I will bless or praise thee. I will do it now; I will do it in all the future. I will do it in time; I will do it in eternity. See the notes at Psa 30:1.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The strains with which this hymn opens are familiar Psalm-strains. We are reminded of Psa 30:2, and the likewise alphabetical song of praise and thanksgiving Psa 34:2. The plena scriptio אלוהי in Psa 143:10; Psa 98:6. The language of address "my God the King," which sounds harsh in comparison with the otherwise usual "my King and my God" (Psa 5:3; Psa 84:4), purposely calls God with unrelated generality, that is to say in the most absolute manner, the King. If the poet is himself a king, the occasion for this appellation of God is all the more natural and the signification all the more pertinent. But even in the mouth of any other person it is significant. Whosoever calls God by such a name acknowledges His royal prerogative, and at the same time does homage to Him and binds himself to allegiance; and it is just this confessory act of exalting Him who in Himself is the absolutely lofty One that is here called רומם. But who can the poet express the purpose of praising God's Name for ever? Because the praise of God is a need of his inmost nature, he has a perfect right to forget his own mortality when engaged upon this devotion to the ever-living King. Clinging adoringly to the Eternal One, he must seem to himself to be eternal; and if there is a practical proof for a life after death, it is just this ardent desire of the soul, wrought of God Himself, after the praise of the God of its life (lit., its origin) which affords it the highest, noblest delight. The idea of the silent Hades, which forces itself forward elsewhere, as in Psa 6:6, where the mind of the poet is beclouded by sin, is here entirely removed, inasmuch as here the mind of the poet is the undimmed mirror of the divine glory. Therefore Psa 145:2 also does not concede the possibility of any interruption of the praise: the poet will daily (Psa 68:20) bless God, be they days of prosperity or of sorrow, uninterruptedly in all eternity will he glorify His Name (אהללה as in Psa 69:31). There is no worthier and more exhaustless object of praise (Psa 145:3): Jahve is great, and greatly to be praised (מהלּל, taken from Psa 48:2, as in Psa 96:4, cf. Psa 18:4), and of His "greatness" (cf. Ch1 29:11, where this attribute precedes all others) there is no searching out, i.e., it is so abysmally deep that no searching can reach its bottom (as in Isa 40:28; Job 11:7.). It has, however, been revealed, and is being revealed continually, and is for this very reason thus celebrated in Psa 145:4 : one generation propagates to the next the growing praise of the works that He has wrought out (עשׂה מעשׁים), and men are able to relate all manner of proofs of His victorious power which prevails over everything, and makes everything subject to itself (גּבוּרת as in Psa 20:7, and frequently). This historically manifest and traditional divine doxa and the facts (דּברי as in Psa 105:27) of the divine wonders the poet will devoutly consider. הדר stands in attributive relation to כּבוד, as this on its part does to הודך. Thy brilliantly gloriously (kingly) majesty (cf. Jer 22:18; Dan 11:21). The poet does not say גּם אני, nor may we insert it, either here in Psa 145:5, or in Psa 145:6, where the same sequence of thoughts recurs, more briefly expressed. The emphasis lies on the objects. The mightiness (עזוּז as in Psa 78:4, and in Isa 42:25, where it signifies violence) of His terrible acts shall pass from mouth to mouth (אמר with a substantival object as in Psa 40:11), and His mighty acts (גּדלּות, magnalia, as in Ch1 17:19, Ch1 17:21) - according to the Ker (which is determined by the suffix of אספּרנּה; cf. however, Sa2 22:23; Kg2 3:3; Kg2 10:26, and frequently): His greatness (גּדלּה) - will he also on his part make the matter of his narrating. It is, however, not alone the awe-inspiring majesty of God which is revealed in history, but also the greatness (רב used as a substantive as in Psa 31:20; Isa 63:7; Isa 21:7, whereas רבּים in Psa 32:10; Psa 89:51 is an adjective placed before the noun after the manner of a numeral), i.e., the abundant measure, of His goodness and His righteousness, i.e., His acting in inviolable correspondence with His counsel and order of salvation. The memory of the transcendent goodness of God is the object of universal, overflowing acknowledgement and the righteousness of God is the object of universal exultation (רנּן with the accusative as in Psa 51:16; Psa 59:17). After the poet has sung the glorious self-attestation of God according to both its sides, the fiery and the light sides, he lingers by the light side, the front side of the Name of Jahve unfolded in Exo 34:6.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The strains with which this hymn opens are familiar Psalm-strains. We are reminded of Psa 30:2, and the likewise alphabetical song of praise and thanksgiving Psa 34:2. The plena scriptio אלוהי in Psa 143:10; Psa 98:6. The language of address "my God the King," which sounds harsh in comparison with the otherwise usual "my King and my God" (Psa 5:3; Psa 84:4), purposely calls God with unrelated generality, that is to say in the most absolute manner, the King. If the poet is himself a king, the occasion for this appellation of God is all the more natural and the signification all the more pertinent. But even in the mouth of any other person it is significant. Whosoever calls God by such a name acknowledges His royal prerogative, and at the same time does homage to Him and binds himself to allegiance; and it is just this confessory act of exalting Him who in Himself is the absolutely lofty One that is here called רומם. But who can the poet express the purpose of praising God's Name for ever? Because the praise of God is a need of his inmost nature, he has a perfect right to forget his own mortality when engaged upon this devotion to the ever-living King. Clinging adoringly to the Eternal One, he must seem to himself to be eternal; and if there is a practical proof for a life after death, it is just this ardent desire of the soul, wrought of God Himself, after the praise of the God of its life (lit., its origin) which affords it the highest, noblest delight. The idea of the silent Hades, which forces itself forward elsewhere, as in Psa 6:6, where the mind of the poet is beclouded by sin, is here entirely removed, inasmuch as here the mind of the poet is the undimmed mirror of the divine glory. Therefore Psa 145:2 also does not concede the possibility of any interruption of the praise: the poet will daily (Psa 68:20) bless God, be they days of prosperity or of sorrow, uninterruptedly in all eternity will he glorify His Name (אהללה as in Psa 69:31). There is no worthier and more exhaustless object of praise (Psa 145:3): Jahve is great, and greatly to be praised (מהלּל, taken from Psa 48:2, as in Psa 96:4, cf. Psa 18:4), and of His "greatness" (cf. Ch1 29:11, where this attribute precedes all others) there is no searching out, i.e., it is so abysmally deep that no searching can reach its bottom (as in Isa 40:28; Job 11:7.). It has, however, been revealed, and is being revealed continually, and is for this very reason thus celebrated in Psa 145:4 : one generation propagates to the next the growing praise of the works that He has wrought out (עשׂה מעשׁים), and men are able to relate all manner of proofs of His victorious power which prevails over everything, and makes everything subject to itself (גּבוּרת as in Psa 20:7, and frequently). This historically manifest and traditional divine doxa and the facts (דּברי as in Psa 105:27) of the divine wonders the poet will devoutly consider. הדר stands in attributive relation to כּבוד, as this on its part does to הודך. Thy brilliantly gloriously (kingly) majesty (cf. Jer 22:18; Dan 11:21). The poet does not say גּם אני, nor may we insert it, either here in Psa 145:5, or in Psa 145:6, where the same sequence of thoughts recurs, more briefly expressed. The emphasis lies on the objects. The mightiness (עזוּז as in Psa 78:4, and in Isa 42:25, where it signifies violence) of His terrible acts shall pass from mouth to mouth (אמר with a substantival object as in Psa 40:11), and His mighty acts (גּדלּות, magnalia, as in Ch1 17:19, Ch1 17:21) - according to the Ker (which is determined by the suffix of אספּרנּה; cf. however, Sa2 22:23; Kg2 3:3; Kg2 10:26, and frequently): His greatness (גּדלּה) - will he also on his part make the matter of his narrating. It is, however, not alone the awe-inspiring majesty of God which is revealed in history, but also the greatness (רב used as a substantive as in Psa 31:20; Isa 63:7; Isa 21:7, whereas רבּים in Psa 32:10; Psa 89:51 is an adjective placed before the noun after the manner of a numeral), i.e., the abundant measure, of His goodness and His righteousness, i.e., His acting in inviolable correspondence with His counsel and order of salvation. The memory of the transcendent goodness of God is the object of universal, overflowing acknowledgement and the righteousness of God is the object of universal exultation (רנּן with the accusative as in Psa 51:16; Psa 59:17). After the poet has sung the glorious self-attestation of God according to both its sides, the fiery and the light sides, he lingers by the light side, the front side of the Name of Jahve unfolded in Exo 34:6.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
I will extol thee - I will raise thee on high, I will lift thee up. I will bless thy name - לעולם ועד leolam vaed, for ever and onward, in this and the coming world. This sort of expressions, which are very difficult to be translated, are on the whole well expressed by those words, in a hymn of Mr. Addison: - Through all eternity to theeA joyful song I'll raise But O, eternity's too shortTo utter all thy praise! This contains a strong hyperbole; but allowable in such cases.

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¹¹ But let all those that put their trust [02620] in thee rejoice [08055]: let them ever [05769] shout for joy [07442], because thou defendest [05526] them: let them also that love [0157] thy name [08034] be joyful [05970] in thee.

¹ A Psalm [04210] and Song [07892] at the dedication [02598] of the house [01004] of David [01732]. I will extol [07311] thee, O LORD [03068]; for thou hast lifted me up [01802], and hast not made my foes [0341] to rejoice [08055] over me.

⁶ And the LORD [03068] passed by [05674] before him [06440], and proclaimed [07121], The LORD [03068], The LORD [03068] God [0410], merciful [07349] and gracious [02587], longsuffering [0750] [0639], and abundant [07227] in goodness [02617] and truth [0571],

¹⁷ Unto thee, O my strength [05797], will I sing [02167]: for God [0430] is my defence [04869], and the God [0430] of my mercy [02617].

¹⁶ For thou desirest [02654] not sacrifice [02077]; else would I give [05414] it: thou delightest [07521] not in burnt offering [05930].

⁵¹ Wherewith thine enemies [0341] have reproached [02778], O LORD [03068]; wherewith they have reproached [02778] the footsteps [06119] of thine anointed [04899].

¹⁰ Many [07227] sorrows [04341] shall be to the wicked [07563]: but he that trusteth [0982] in the LORD [03068], mercy [02617] shall compass [05437] him about.

⁷ And he saw [07200] a chariot [07393] with a couple [06776] of horsemen [06571], a chariot [07393] of asses [02543], and a chariot [07393] of camels [01581]; and he hearkened [07181] diligently [07182] with much [07227] heed [07182]:

⁷ I will mention [02142] the lovingkindnesses [02617] of the LORD [03068], and the praises [08416] of the LORD [03068], according to all that the LORD [03068] hath bestowed [01580] on us, and the great [07227] goodness [02898] toward the house [01004] of Israel [03478], which he hath bestowed [01580] on them according to his mercies [07356], and according to the multitude [07230] of his lovingkindnesses [02617].

²⁰ Thou shalt hide [05641] them in the secret [05643] of thy presence [06440] from the pride [07407] of man [0376]: thou shalt keep them secretly [06845] in a pavilion [05521] from the strife [07379] of tongues [03956].

²⁶ And they brought forth [03318] the images [04676] out of the house [01004] of Baal [01168], and burned [08313] them.

³ Nevertheless he cleaved [01692] unto the sins [02403] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], which made Israel [03478] to sin [02398]; he departed [05493] not therefrom.

²³ For all his judgments [04941] were before me: and as for his statutes [02708], I did not depart [05493] from them.

²¹ And what one [0259] nation [01471] in the earth [0776] is like thy people [05971] Israel [03478], whom God [0430] went [01980] to redeem [06299] to be his own people [05971], to make [07760] thee a name [08034] of greatness [01420] and terribleness [03372], by driving out [01644] nations [01471] from before [06440] thy people [05971], whom thou hast redeemed [06299] out of Egypt [04714]?

¹⁹ O LORD [03068], for thy servant's [05650] sake, and according to thine own heart [03820], hast thou done [06213] all this greatness [01420], in making known [03045] all these great things [01420].

¹¹ Withhold [03607] not thou thy tender mercies [07356] from me, O LORD [03068]: let thy lovingkindness [02617] and thy truth [0571] continually [08548] preserve [05341] me.

²⁵ Therefore he hath poured [08210] upon him the fury [02534] of his anger [0639], and the strength [05807] of battle [04421]: and it hath set him on fire [03857] round about [05439], yet he knew [03045] not; and it burned [01197] him, yet he laid [07760] it not to heart [03820].

⁴ We will not hide [03582] them from their children [01121], shewing [05608] to the generation [01755] to come [0314] the praises [08416] of the LORD [03068], and his strength [05807], and his wonderful works [06381] that he hath done [06213].

⁶ And men shall speak [0559] of the might [05807] of thy terrible acts [03372]: and I will declare [05608] thy greatness [01420].

⁵ I will speak [07878] of the glorious [03519] honour [01926] of thy majesty [01935], and of thy wondrous [06381] works [01697].

²¹ And in his estate [03653] shall stand up [05975] a vile person [0959], to whom they shall not give [05414] the honour [01935] of the kingdom [04438]: but he shall come [0935] in peaceably [07962], and obtain [02388] the kingdom [04438] by flatteries [02519].

¹⁸ Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] concerning Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; They shall not lament [05594] for him, saying, Ah [01945] my brother [0251]! or, Ah [01945] sister [0269]! they shall not lament [05594] for him, saying, Ah [01945] lord [0113]! or, Ah [01945] his glory [01935]!

²⁷ They shewed [07760] his signs [0226] [01697] among them, and wonders [04159] in the land [0776] of Ham [02526].

⁷ Some trust in chariots [07393], and some in horses [05483]: but we will remember [02142] the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430].

⁴ One [01755] generation [01755] shall praise [07623] thy works [04639] to another, and shall declare [05046] thy mighty acts [01369].

⁷ Canst thou by searching [02714] find out [04672] God [0433]? canst thou find [04672] out the Almighty [07706] unto perfection [08503]?

²⁸ Hast thou not known [03045]? hast thou not heard [08085], that the everlasting [05769] God [0430], the LORD [03068], the Creator [01254] of the ends [07098] of the earth [0776], fainteth [03286] not, neither is weary [03021]? there is no searching [02714] of his understanding [08394].

¹¹ Thine, O LORD [03068], is the greatness [01420], and the power [01369], and the glory [08597], and the victory [05331], and the majesty [01935]: for all that is in the heaven [08064] and in the earth [0776] is thine; thine is the kingdom [04467], O LORD [03068], and thou art exalted [04984] as head [07218] above all.

⁴ The sorrows [02256] of death [04194] compassed [0661] me, and the floods [05158] of ungodly men [01100] made me afraid [01204].

⁴ For the LORD [03068] is great [01419], and greatly [03966] to be praised [01984]: he is to be feared [03372] above all gods [0430].

² Beautiful [03303] for situation [05131], the joy [04885] of the whole earth [0776], is mount [02022] Zion [06726], on the sides [03411] of the north [06828], the city [07151] of the great [07227] King [04428].

³ Great [01419] is the LORD [03068], and greatly [03966] to be praised [01984]; and his greatness [01420] is unsearchable [02714].

³¹ This also shall please [03190] the LORD [03068] better [03190] than an ox [07794] or bullock [06499] that hath horns [07160] and hoofs [06536].

²⁰ He that is our God [0410] is the God [0410] of salvation [04190]; and unto GOD [03069] the Lord [0136] belong the issues [08444] from death [04194].

² Every day [03117] will I bless [01288] thee; and I will praise [01984] thy name [08034] for ever [05769] and ever [05703].

⁶ I am weary [03021] with my groaning [0585]; all the night [03915] make I my bed [04296] to swim [07811]; I water [04529] my couch [06210] with my tears [01832].

⁴ Blessed [0835] are they that dwell [03427] in thy house [01004]: they will be still praising [01984] thee. Selah [05542].

³ My voice [06963] shalt thou hear [08085] in the morning [01242], O LORD [03068]; in the morning [01242] will I direct [06186] my prayer unto thee, and will look up [06822].

⁶ With trumpets [02689] and sound [06963] of cornet [07782] make a joyful noise [07321] before [06440] the LORD [03068], the King [04428].

¹⁰ Teach [03925] me to do [06213] thy will [07522]; for thou art my God [0430]: thy spirit [07307] is good [02896]; lead [05148] me into the land [0776] of uprightness [04334].

² My soul [05315] shall make her boast [01984] in the LORD [03068]: the humble [06035] shall hear [08085] thereof, and be glad [08055].

² O LORD [03068] my God [0430], I cried [07768] unto thee, and thou hast healed [07495] me.