Psalms · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Psalm 145 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalm titles are printed as the start of verse 1.
1 David’s [Psalm] of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever 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 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.
3 Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.
3 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
4 One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
5 I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.
6 And [men] shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
6 Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
7 They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.
8 The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
8 Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
9 The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
9 Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
10 All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power,
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
12 to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
13 Thy kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion [endureth] throughout all generations.
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 upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.
14 Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
15 The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
16 You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The LORD [is] righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
17 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
18 The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
18 Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save 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 preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
20 Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever 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).
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“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)