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Psalm 144 (145) Brenton's English Septuagint

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  • Individual translator
  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
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  • 1844
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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 145 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (3)

1 David's [Psalm of] praise. I will exalt thee, my God, my king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 3 The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and there is no end of his greatness. 4 Generation after generation shall praise thy works, and tell of thy power. 5 And they shall speak of the glorious majesty of thy holiness, and recount thy wonders. 6 And they shall speak of the power of thy terrible [acts]; and recount thy greatness. 7 They shall utter the memory of the abundance of thy goodness, and shall exult in thy righteousness. 8 The Lord is compassionate, and merciful; long-suffering, and abundant in mercy. 9 The Lord is good to those that wait [on him]; and his compassions are over all his works. 10 Let all thy works, O Lord, give thanks to thee; and let thy saints bless thee. 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy dominion; 12 to make known to the sons of men thy power, and the glorious majesty of thy kingdom. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion [endures] through all generations. 13a The Lord is faithful in his words, and holy in all his works. 14 The Lord supports all that are falling, and sets up all that are broken down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest [them] their food in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hands, and fillest every living thing with pleasure. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is near to all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will perform the desire of them that fear him: and he will hear their supplication, and save them. 20 The Lord preserves all that love him: but all sinners he will utterly destroy. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Cross references (22)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.

  1. 1 Psalm 47:6–8; Psalm 45:6; Psalm 34:1; Matthew 25:34; Psalm 30:12
  2. 2 Revelation 7:15; Psalm 71:6; Psalm 119:164; Psalm 72:15
  3. 3 Psalm 147:5; Romans 11:33; Job 5:9; Isaiah 40:28; Job 9:10
  4. 4 Psalm 71:18; Psalm 78:3–7; Isaiah 38:19; Deuteronomy 6:7; Joshua 4:21–24
  5. 5 Isaiah 12:4; Psalm 119:27; Psalm 72:18; Psalm 71:24; Daniel 4:37
  6. 6 Habakkuk 2:14; Daniel 3:28–29; Psalm 107:31–32; Psalm 22:31; Psalm 22:27
  7. 7 Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 36:10; Psalm 71:15–16; Psalm 51:14; 2 Corinthians 9:11–12
  8. 8 Numbers 14:18; Psalm 103:8; Psalm 86:5; Psalm 100:5; Psalm 116:5
  9. 9 Nahum 1:7; Psalm 100:5; Matthew 5:45; Jonah 4:11; Psalm 104:27
  10. 10 Psalm 19:1; Psalm 103:22; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 7:9–12; Psalm 148:1–14
  11. 11 Isaiah 9:6–7; Psalm 45:6–7; Psalm 93:1–2; 1 Chronicles 29:11–12; Revelation 11:15–17
  12. 12 Revelation 12:10; Psalm 105:1; Psalm 105:5; Psalm 98:1; Matthew 28:18
  13. 13 1 Timothy 1:17; Daniel 7:14; Isaiah 9:7; Revelation 11:15; Psalm 10:16
  14. 14 Psalm 146:8; Psalm 37:24; Psalm 94:18; Psalm 119:117; Luke 22:31–32
  15. 15 Psalm 136:25; Psalm 104:27; Acts 17:25; Matthew 6:26; Psalm 147:8–9
  16. 16 Psalm 104:28; Psalm 107:9; Psalm 132:15; Job 38:27
  17. 17 Deuteronomy 32:4; Zephaniah 3:5; Psalm 103:6; Psalm 116:5; Isaiah 45:21
  18. 18 Jeremiah 29:12–13; Psalm 34:18; Deuteronomy 4:7; John 4:24; Isaiah 58:9
  19. 19 Psalm 37:4; Ephesians 3:16–20; John 15:7; Matthew 5:6; 1 John 5:15
  20. 20 Exodus 20:6; John 10:27–29; Romans 8:28–30; Psalm 97:10; Psalm 31:23
  21. 21 Psalm 71:8; Psalm 51:15; Psalm 150:6; Psalm 71:23–24; Revelation 5:11–14
  22. 13a 1 Timothy 1:17; Daniel 7:14; Isaiah 9:7; Revelation 11:15; Psalm 10:16

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 145.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXLIV)

    The title of this Psalm is brief in number of words, but heavy in the weight of its mysteries. "To David himself against Goliath." This battle was fought in the time of our fathers, and ye, beloved, remember it with me from Holy Scripture....David put five stones in his scrip, he hurled but one.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 145:3 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book I)

    Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and of Thy wisdom there is no end. And man, being a part of Thy creation, desires to praise Thee, man, who bears about with him his mortality, the witness of his sin, even the witness that Thou "resistest the proud," --yet man, this part of …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 145:16 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXI)

    Of this lesson David also lays the foundation from old time, saying enigmatically on this wise, "Thou openest Thine hand, and fillest every living thing with bounty;" and again, "To Him that giveth to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that call upon Him." "Who then," it may be said, "have not taken thought"?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 145:15 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapter V)

    Wherefore to Him all things are turned, looking with irresistible longing and unspeakable affection to "the author" and maintainer "of" their "life," as it is written "The eyes of all wait upon thee," and again, "These wait all upon thee," and "Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing."

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)

  5. Quotes verse 145:15 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VI, Chapters X–XI)

    So were there three begging mouths, sighing out their wants one to the other, and waiting upon Thee, that Thou mightest give them their meat in due season. And in all the bitterness which by Thy mercy followed our worldly pursuits, as we contemplated the end, why this suffering should be ours, darkness came upon us; and we turned away …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)