Psalms 145:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. ”

• Psalms 145:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I will extol thee ... - I will lift thee up; I will lift up thy name and praise, so that it may be heard afar. And I will bless thy name forever and ever - I will bless or praise thee. I will...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  "David's [Psalm] of praise." (a) I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. (a) He shows which sacrifices are pleasant and acceptable to God, even praise and tha...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  CXLV. The Nature of Yahweh. This Ps., which borrows from very late sources ( Psalms 145:13 , e.g. is translated verbally from the Aramaic of Daniel 4:3 ), is a useful summary of the Divine attri...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Title. David's [Psalm] of praise. No other Psalm so entitled. An Acrostic Psalm. See App-63. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. name. See note on Psalms 20:1 .

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• Psalms 145:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1. I will extol thee, my God and my king. David does not so much tell what he would do himself, as stir up and urge all others to this religious service of offering to God the praises due to...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 741 PRAISE TO GOD FOR HIS GOODNESS AND MERCY Psalms 145:1-2 . I will extol thee, my God, O King: and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee, and I will p...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. I will extol thee - I will raise thee on high, I will lift thee up. I will bless thy name -...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  David praiseth God for his fame, for his goodness, for his kingdom, for his providence, and for his saving mercy. David's Psalm of praise. Title. לדוד תהלה tehillah ledavid. — It has bee...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Psalms 145:1-21 .-An alphabetically-acrostic psalm of thanksgiving of David's house and Israel, literal and spi...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  This is an alphabetic Ps., but the v. with the letter Nun, which should come after Psalms 145:13 , has been lost. It is a noble Ps., celebrating the praise of God as the bountiful Giver of all goo...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The psalm opens with familiar psalm strains. (Comp. openings of Psalms 30, 34) For ever and ever. — In contemplation of the greatness and majesty of God time ceases to be. The poet vows a homage i...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 145:1-21 This is an acrostic psalm. Like several others of that kind, it is slightly irregular, one letter (Nun) being omitted. The omission is supplied in the LXX by an obviously spurious...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  God's Unsearchable Greatness Psalms 145:1-9 This psalm is an acrostic, the verses beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The couplet for the fourteenth letter, Nun, bet...

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• Psalms 145:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is a great psalm of praise standing alone, and serving as an introduction to the last five, which constitute the final anthem of thanksgiving, the expression of perfected praise. It is a solo, b...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS Agreeably to the title, this Psalm is full of praise. God's glory, greatness, majesty, grace, goodness, in short, all the divine perfections, are here set forth, in a most lovely and intere...

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• Psalms 145:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I will extol thee, my God, O King ,.... Or "the King" a, the King Messiah, who is by way of eminency called "the King", as in Psalms 21:1 . This is the foundation of this whole psalm, as Aben Ezra...

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• Psalms 145:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Psalms 145:1 «David's [Psalm] of praise. » I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. David's Psalm of praise] Heb. David's praise or hymn, well worthy, saith...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I will extol thee, my God, O King Or, my God, the king; termed so by way of eminence; the King of kings, the God by whom kings reign, and to whom I and all other kings owe subjection and obedienc...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Grateful Acknowledgments. David's psalm of praise.       1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  PSALM 145 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm and the rest which follow to the end are wholly laudatory, setting forth the praises of God. The excellency of this Psalm appears not only from the opinion of the...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION “This it the last of the Alphabetical Psalms,” says Perowne, “of which there are eight in all, if we reckon the ninth and tenth Psalms as forming one. Like four other of the Alphabetica...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  I am going to preach about prayer, so we will read «David's Psalm of praise.» Thus we shall have two parts of true worship. Psalms 145:1-19 . I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless th...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  This is the last of the acrostic or alphabetical psalms, and should therefore contain twenty two verses, corresponding with the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet. But the verse which begins wi...

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• Psalms 145:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I will extol Thee, my God, O King. The Kinghood of God, and the glory of His providence: - I. The Kinghood of God ( Psalms 145:1-13 ). 1. Absolutely incomparable. (1) Majesty incomprehens...

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• Psalms 145:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION WITH another hymn of praise, this late collection of Davidical psalms, previously omitted from the Psalter, terminates. Like verses 25. and 34; also Davidical, this psalm is alphabe...

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• Psalms 145:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  I will extol Thee, exalting Him high above all mere men, my God, O King, Messiah being the King over all by virtue of His exaltation to the right hand of God; and I will bless Thy name forever and...

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• Psalms 145:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Daniel 4:37 ; Isaiah 33:22 ; Malachi 1:14 ; Matthew 25:34 ; Psalms 103:1 ; Psalms 103:2 ; Psalms 149:2 ; Psalms 30:1 ; Psalms 44:4 ; Psalms 45:1 ; Psalms 45:6 ; Psalms 47:6-8 ; Psalms 48...

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