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Psalm 145:1-3
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This is a song that David wrote to praise God.

An alphabet of praise[a]

145 Always I will praise you, my God and my king,
    and I will say how great you are!
2 Because you are good, I will praise you every day.
    Yes, I will always praise your name.
3 Clearly the Lord is great!
    He is so great that we cannot understand it.

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Footnotes

  1. 145:1 This psalm is an alphabet poem. In the Hebrew language, each verse started with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. We have used English letters here. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, so we have left out 4 English letters.
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Psalm 145:1-3
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Psalm 145[a]

A psalm of praise. Of David.

1 I will exalt you,(A) my God the King;(B)
    I will praise your name(C) for ever and ever.
2 Every day I will praise(D) you
    and extol your name(E) for ever and ever.

3 Great(F) is the Lord and most worthy of praise;(G)
    his greatness no one can fathom.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
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