
Text -- Psalms 145:1 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 145:1-2; Psa 145:1-2
JFB: Psa 145:1-2 - -- A Psalm of praise to God for His mighty, righteous, and gracious government of all men, and of His humble and suffering people in particular. (Psa. 14...
A Psalm of praise to God for His mighty, righteous, and gracious government of all men, and of His humble and suffering people in particular. (Psa. 145:1-21)
(Compare Psa 30:1).

JFB: Psa 145:1-2 - -- Celebrate Thy perfections (Psa 5:11). God is addressed as king, alluding to His government of men.
Celebrate Thy perfections (Psa 5:11). God is addressed as king, alluding to His government of men.
I will extol thee - I will raise thee on high, I will lift thee up

Clarke: Psa 145:1 - -- I will bless thy name - לעולם ועד leolam vaed , for ever and onward, in this and the coming world. This sort of expressions, which are very...
I will bless thy name -
Through all eternity to thee
A joyful song I’ ll rais
But O, eternity’ s too short
To utter all thy praise
This contains a strong hyperbole; but allowable in such cases.
Calvin -> Psa 145:1
Calvin: Psa 145:1 - -- 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 servi...
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 his name. The design with which he declares God to be beneficent to the children of men is, to induce them to cultivate a pious gratitude, he insists upon the necessity of persevering in the exercise; for since God is constant in extending mercies, it would be highly improper in us to faint in his praises. As he thus gives his people new ground for praising him, so he stimulates them to gratitude, and to exercise it throughout the whole course of their life. In using the term daily, he denotes perseverance in the exercise. Afterwards he adds, that should he live through a succession of ages he would never cease to act in this manner. The repetitions used tend very considerably to give emphasis to his language. As it is probable that the Psalm was written at a time when the kingdom of David was in a flourishing condition, the circumstances deserves notice, that in calling God his king he gives both himself and other earthly princes their proper place, and does not allow any earthly distinctions to interfere with the glory due to God.
This is made still more manifest in the verse which follows, where, in speaking of the greatness of God as unmeasurable, he intimates that we only praise God aright when we are filled and overwhelmed with an ecstatic admiration of the immensity of his power. This admiration will form the fountain from which our just praises of him will proceed, according the measure of our capacity.
TSK -> Psa 145:1
TSK: Psa 145:1 - -- Psalm of praise : Psa 100:1 *title
extol thee : Psa 30:1, Psa 68:4, Psa 71:14-24, Psa 103:1, Psa 103:2; Dan 4:37
my God : Psa 44:4, Psa 45:1, Psa 45:6...
Psalm of praise : Psa 100:1 *title
extol thee : Psa 30:1, Psa 68:4, Psa 71:14-24, Psa 103:1, Psa 103:2; Dan 4:37
my God : Psa 44:4, Psa 45:1, Psa 45:6, Psa 47:6-8, Psa 48:2, Psa 48:3, Psa 95:3, Psa 149:2; Isa 33:22; Mal 1:14; Mat 25:34; Rev 19:16
I will bless : Psa 145:21, Psa 30:12, Psa 52:9, Psa 113:1, Psa 113:2, Psa 146:1, Psa 146:2

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Barnes -> Psa 145:1
Barnes: Psa 145:1 - -- 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 f...
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 do it now; I will do it in all the future. I will do it in time; I will do it in eternity. See the notes at Psa 30:1.
We are not to trust in men, but in God alone.

Haydock: Psa 145:1 - -- Of, &c. This addition of the Septuagint intimates that these prophets would thus exhort the people to trust in Providence, and to prefer his service...
Of, &c. This addition of the Septuagint intimates that these prophets would thus exhort the people to trust in Providence, and to prefer his service before worldly cares. See Psalm cxxxvi. (Worthington) ---
They might compose this psalm after Cyrus had revoked the permission to build the temple, (ver. 2., and 1 Esdras i. 3., and iv. 4.) as the following psalms seem all to have been sung at the dedication of the walls. (Calmet) ---
This might be the case, but the titles afford but a slender proof, and David might write this to excite himself and people to confide in God. ---
In my. Hebrew begins here the second verse, with the answer of the soul to the prophet's invitation. It is immortal, and promises always to praise the Lord. (Berthier)
Gill -> Psa 145:1
Gill: Psa 145:1 - -- 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 Psa 21:1. This is the fou...
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 Psa 21:1. This is the foundation of this whole psalm, as Aben Ezra observes; and shows who is intended and who is the subject of it that is spoken of throughout, even the Messiah, who is the King of the world, the King of the kings of it, the King of Zion, of his church and people, the King of saints, of all believers in him, by the appointment of God, by the conquest of his grace, over whom he reigns by his Spirit and grace; for this his kingdom is spiritual, is in righteousness, and everlasting: and this great King is not a creature, but God, the mighty God, David's Lord and God, and the Lord and God of every saint; whom David loved as such, believed in, looked unto for salvation; from whom he received grace and expected glory, and knew and claimed his interest in him, which is the great privilege of believers in him; see Joh 20:28; and therefore they, as David, will extol him above all created beings, he being God over all; extol him above all men, even the best and greatest, Moses, Joshua, Aaron, Abraham, or any other, who are his creatures, his children, and his subjects; and even as man he is to be extolled above all men; being chosen out from among the people, fairer than the children of men, and the chiefest among ten thousand; and above the angels, having a more excellent name and nature than they; they being his creatures and servants, and he their Creator and the object of their worship: Christ is extolled by his people when they ascribe deity to him, magnify him in his offices, and make use of him in them all; attribute their whole salvation to him, think and speak highly of him, and declare him extolled and exalted at the right hand of God, as he now is, and as the Old Testament saints, as David and others, had a foresight of and rejoiced in, Psa 110:1; the Septuagint, Syriac, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, have it, "my King"; see Zec 9:9;
and I will bless thy name for ever and ever; by pronouncing him the Son of the Blessed, God over all blessed for ever; and by ascribing blessing, honour, glory, and power, unto him; by adoring and celebrating the perfections of his nature, which are his name, by which he is known; by expressing a high value and esteem for every precious name of his, as Immanuel, God with us; Jesus, a Saviour, &c. and a regard to his everlasting Gospel, which is his name, bore by his ministering servants throughout the world; see Psa 8:1.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 145:1-21
TSK Synopsis: Psa 145:1-21 - --1 David praises God for his fame;8 for his goodness;11 for his kingdom;14 for his providence;17 for his justice, holiness, and saving mercy.
MHCC -> Psa 145:1-9
MHCC: Psa 145:1-9 - --Those who, under troubles and temptations, abound in fervent prayer, shall in due season abound in grateful praise, which is the true language of holy...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 145:1-9
Matthew Henry: Psa 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...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 145:1-7
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 145:1-7 - --
The strains with which this hymn opens are familiar Psalm-strains. We are reminded of Psa 30:2, and the likewise alphabetical song of praise and tha...
Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150
There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 145:1-21 - --Psalm 145
This acrostic psalm begins a series of six psalms, the last six in the Psalter, that are espec...
