Psalms 145

Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 145 features the speaker vowing to exalt, bless, and praise God, who is described as a King with unsearchable greatness, forever and ever. Successive generations will commend God's works, proclaim His mighty acts and awesome deeds, and speak of the glorious splendor of His kingdom. The text states that the Lord is gracious, compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion, and good to all His creations. Furthermore, the Lord upholds those who fall, feeds living things, is righteous in His ways, hears those who call upon Him, saves them, and preserves those who love Him while destroying the wicked. Finally, the psalm concludes with the speaker declaring the praise of the Lord and calling for every creature to bless His holy name forever.

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¹I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever. ²Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever. ³Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable. ⁴One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts— ⁵the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works. ⁶They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness. ⁷They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness. ⁸The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. ⁹The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made. ¹⁰All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You. ¹¹They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might, ¹²to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom. ¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions. ¹⁴The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. ¹⁵The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. ¹⁶You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. ¹⁷The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds. ¹⁸The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. ¹⁹He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them. ²⁰The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy. ²¹My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.

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