Psalm 145 Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 145
Praising God’s Greatness
A Davidic hymn.
1 I[a] exalt You, my God the King,
and praise Your name forever and ever.(A)
2 I will praise You every day;
I will honor Your name forever and ever.(B)
3 Yahweh is great and is highly praised;(C)
His greatness is unsearchable.(D)
4 One generation will declare Your works to the next
and will proclaim Your mighty acts.(E)
5 I[b] will speak of Your splendor and glorious majesty
and[c] Your wonderful works.(F)
6 They will proclaim the power of Your awe-inspiring acts,
and I will declare Your greatness.[d](G)
7 They will give a testimony of Your great goodness
and will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.(H)
8 The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love.(I)
9 The Lord is good to everyone;(J)
His compassion rests on all He has made.(K)
10 All You have made will thank You, Lord;
the[e] godly will praise You.(L)
11 They will speak of the glory of Your kingdom
and will declare Your might,(M)
12 informing all people of Your mighty acts
and of the glorious splendor of Your[f] kingdom.(N)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
Your rule is for all generations.(O)
The Lord is faithful in all His words
and gracious in all His actions.[g](P)
14 The Lord helps all who fall;
He raises up all who are oppressed.[h](Q)
15 All eyes look to You,
and You give them their food at the proper time.(R)
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.(S)
17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and gracious in all His acts.(T)
18 The Lord is near all who call out to Him,
all who call out to Him with integrity.(U)
19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;
He hears their cry for help and saves them.(V)
20 The Lord guards all those who love Him,
but He destroys all the wicked.(W)
21 My mouth will declare Yahweh’s praise;
let every living thing
praise His holy name forever and ever.(X)
Footnotes
- Psalm 145:1 The lines of this poem form an acrostic.
- Psalm 145:5 LXX, Syr read They
- Psalm 145:5 LXX, Syr read and they will tell of
- Psalm 145:6 Alt Hb tradition, Jer read great deeds
- Psalm 145:10 Lit Your
- Psalm 145:12 LXX, Syr, Jer; MT reads His
- Psalm 145:13 One Hb ms, DSS, LXX, Syr; some Hb mss omit The Lord is faithful in all His words and gracious in all His actions.
- Psalm 145:14 Lit bowed down
Cross references
- 145:1 : Ps 30:1; 34:1; 99:5, 9
- 145:2 : Ps 146:2
- 145:3 : Ps 48:1; 147:5
- 145:3 : Jb 5:9; 9:10; Is 40:28
- 145:4 : Ps 22:30-31
- 145:5 : Ps 119:27
- 145:6 : Dt 10:21; Ps 106:2
- 145:7 : Is 63:7
- 145:8 : Ex 34:6; Ps 86:5, 15; 103:8
- 145:9 : Ac 14:17
- 145:9 : Ps 100:5
- 145:10 : Ps 19:1; 103:22
- 145:11 : Jr 14:21
- 145:12 : Ps 105:1; 145:5
- 145:13 : Ps 10:16; 2Pt 1:11
- 145:13 : Ps 103:8
- 145:14 : Ps 37:24; 146:8
- 145:15 : Ps 104:27; 136:25
- 145:16 : Ps 104:28
- 145:17 : Ps 116:5
- 145:18 : Dt 4:7; Ps 34:18; Jn 4:23-24
- 145:19 : Ps 10:17; 21:2; 37:4
- 145:20 : Ps 31:23; 97:10
- 145:21 : Ps 65:2; 150:6
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