Psalm 145 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 A psalm of David. A song of praise. I will glorify you, my God and King! I will praise who you are forever and ever!
1 A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
2 I will praise you every day; I will praise your character forever and ever!
2 Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.
3 The Lord is great and deserves much praise! His greatness cannot be measured!
3 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
4 Let every generation tell the next all that you do, sharing the stories of your amazing miracles!
4 One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
5 They will speak of your majesty, your glorious splendor, and I will meditate on the wonderful things you have done.
5 I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.
6 They will speak of the power of your awesome actions, and I will say how wonderful you are.
6 Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
7 They will explain to everyone how famous you are for your tremendous goodness, and joyfully celebrate how you always do what is right.
7 They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.
8 The Lord is gracious and merciful, not easily angered, and full of trustworthy love.
8 Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
9 The Lord is good to everyone, and he shows mercy to all his created beings.
9 Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
10 All the created beings will thank you, Lord, and all who faithfully follow you will praise you.
10 All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
11 They will praise the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power.
11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power,
12 They will explain to people your wonderful miracles, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
12 to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
13 Your kingdom never ends, and your rule continues for all generations. What the Lord promises can always be trusted; he is merciful in all he does.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.
14 The Lord helps up all those who fall down; he lifts up all those who are bowed down.
14 Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
15 All eyes are on you, waiting in hope, and you give food at just the right time.
15 The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
16 You give generously and satisfy the needs of every living thing.
16 You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord does right in everything—his actions are always trustworthy.
17 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
18 The Lord is close to all who ask for his help, to all who ask in sincerity.
18 Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
19 He satisfies the needs of those who follow him. He hears their cries for help and he saves them.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The Lord takes care of all those who love him, but he will destroy all those who are wicked.
20 Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.
21 I will speak in praise of the Lord, and may everyone honor his holy character, forever and ever.
21 My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 47:6–8; Psalm 45:6; Psalm 34:1; Matthew 25:34; Psalm 30:12
- 2 Revelation 7:15; Psalm 71:6; Psalm 119:164; Psalm 72:15
- 3 Psalm 147:5; Romans 11:33; Job 5:9; Isaiah 40:28; Job 9:10
- 4 Psalm 71:18; Psalm 78:3–7; Isaiah 38:19; Deuteronomy 6:7; Joshua 4:21–24
- 5 Isaiah 12:4; Psalm 119:27; Psalm 72:18; Psalm 71:24; Daniel 4:37
- 6 Habakkuk 2:14; Daniel 3:28–29; Psalm 107:31–32; Psalm 22:31; Psalm 22:27
- 7 Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 36:10; Psalm 71:15–16; Psalm 51:14; 2 Corinthians 9:11–12
- 8 Numbers 14:18; Psalm 103:8; Psalm 86:5; Psalm 100:5; Psalm 116:5
- 9 Nahum 1:7; Psalm 100:5; Matthew 5:45; Jonah 4:11; Psalm 104:27
- 10 Psalm 19:1; Psalm 103:22; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 7:9–12; Psalm 148:1–14
- 11 Isaiah 9:6–7; Psalm 45:6–7; Psalm 93:1–2; 1 Chronicles 29:11–12; Revelation 11:15–17
- 12 Revelation 12:10; Psalm 105:1; Psalm 105:5; Psalm 98:1; Matthew 28:18
- 13 1 Timothy 1:17; Daniel 7:14; Isaiah 9:7; Revelation 11:15; Psalm 10:16
- 14 Psalm 146:8; Psalm 37:24; Psalm 94:18; Psalm 119:117; Luke 22:31–32
- 15 Psalm 136:25; Psalm 104:27; Acts 17:25; Matthew 6:26; Psalm 147:8–9
- 16 Psalm 104:28; Psalm 107:9; Psalm 132:15; Job 38:27
- 17 Deuteronomy 32:4; Zephaniah 3:5; Psalm 103:6; Psalm 116:5; Isaiah 45:21
- 18 Jeremiah 29:12–13; Psalm 34:18; Deuteronomy 4:7; John 4:24; Isaiah 58:9
- 19 Psalm 37:4; Ephesians 3:16–20; John 15:7; Matthew 5:6; 1 John 5:15
- 20 Exodus 20:6; John 10:27–29; Romans 8:28–30; Psalm 97:10; Psalm 31:23
- 21 Psalm 71:8; Psalm 51:15; Psalm 150:6; Psalm 71:23–24; Revelation 5:11–14
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).
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).
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)