Psalms 145:2

Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
day	י֥וֹם Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
bless	אֲבָרֲכֶ֑ךָּ 'a.va.ra.Khe.ka	H1288	to kneel · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
praise	וַאֲהַלְלָ֥ה va.'a.ha.Lah	H1984	to be clear (orig. of sound · conjunction + verb, piel infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
name	שִׁ֝מְךָ֗ Shim.Kha	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
ever	לְעוֹלָ֥ם le.'o.Lam	H5769	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ever	וָעֶֽד va.'Ed	H5703	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Revelation 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among…
Psalms 71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
Psalms 72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be prai…
Psalms 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 145:1-9

The entitling of this David's psalm of praise may intimate not only that he was the penman of it, but that he took a particular pleasure in it and sung it often; it was his companion wherever he went. In this former part of the psalm God's glorious attributes are praised, as, in the latter part of the psalm, his kingdom and the administration of it. Observe, I. Who shall be employed in giving glory to God. 1. Whatever others do, the psalmist will himself be much in praising God. To this good work he here excites himself, engages himself, and has his heart much enlarged in it. What he does, that he will do, having more and more satisfaction in it. It was his duty; it was his delight. Observe,…

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John Gill on Psalms 145:2

Every day will I bless thee,.... For new mercies had every morning; for fresh supplies of grace every day, which all come from the fulness of Christ, to whom all grace is given, and from whence it is received, and in whom all spiritual blessings are, and by whom they are bestowed; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever; as long as he lived in this world, and to all eternity in the world to come. David understood the doctrine of the saints' perseverance, and knew he should not be an apostate and blasphemer of the name of Christ, but a praiser of it as long as he had a being; and that his principal service, and that of all the saints in the other world, will be praise; not praying, nor…

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John Calvin on Psalms 145:1-6

Psalm 145:1-6 1. I will extol thee, my God and my king! [276] and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2. Daily I will bless thee, and will praise thy name for ever and ever. [277] 3. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, and there is no searching out, his greatness. 4. Generation to generation, will praise thy works, and will show forth thy power. 5. I will meditate upon [278] the beauty of the glory of thy excellency, and the words of thy wonderful things. 6. And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible works, and I will declare thy greatness. 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…

The Church Fathers

Now then begin to praise, if thou intendest to praise for ever. He who will not praise in this transitory "age," will be silent when "age upon age" has come. But lest any one should in any otherwise also understand what he saith, "I will praise Thy Name for the age," and should seek another age, wherein to praise, he saith, "Every day will I bless Thee" (ver. 2). Praise then and bless the Lord thy God every day, that when single days have passed, and there has come one day without end, thou mayest go from praise to praise, as "from strength to strength." No day shall pass by, wherein I bless Thee not. And it is no wonder, if in thy day of joy thou bless the Lord. What if perchance some day of sorrow hath dawned on thee, as is natural in the circumstances of our mortal nature, as there is abundance of offences, as temptations are multiplied; what, if something sad befall thee, a man; wilt thou cease to praise God? wilt thou cease to bless thy Creator? If thou cease, thou hast lied in saying, "every day," etc. But if thou cease not, although it seem to thee to be ill with thee in the day of thy sorrow, yet in thy God it shall be well with thee.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 145

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Dictionary and topics

Bless — (1.) God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual (Gen. 1:22; 24:35; Job 42:12; Ps. 45:2; 104:24, 35). (2.) We bless God when we thank him for his mercies (Ps.…
Contentment — A state of mind in which one’s desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (1 Tim. 6:6; 2 Cor. 9:8). It is opposed to envy (James 3:16), avarice (Heb. 13:5), ambition (Prov. 13:10), anxiety…
Psalms — The psalms are the production of various authors. “Only a portion of the Book of Psalms claims David as its author. Other inspired poets in successive generations added now one now another…
Immortality · 2:11; — 2:11;
Praise · Should be offered: For ever and ever — Should be offered: For ever and ever

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 145:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 145:1-9

John Gill on Psalms 145:2

John Calvin on Psalms 145:1-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 145:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 145:1-9

John Gill on Psalms 145:2

John Calvin on Psalms 145:1-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 145:1-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 145:1-3

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 145:2