Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 145:4
Shall praise. — Or, praises, with idea of indefinite continuance; and so in the following verses.
Shall praise. — Or, praises, with idea of indefinite continuance; and so in the following verses.
Verse Psalms 145:4. _ONE GENERATION_] Thy _creating_ and _redeeming_ acts are recorded in thy _word_; but thy _wondrous providential dealings_ with mankind must be handed down by tradition, from gener...
ONE GENERATION SHALL PRAISE THY WORKS ... - Shall praise thee on account of thy works or thy doings. That is, Thy praise shall be always kept up on the earth. See the notes at Isaiah 38:19; notes at P...
PSALM 143-145 In Psalms 143:1 the enemy is mentioned again, the enemy who pursued David. “For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in da...
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 attributes,...
_shall praise_ R.V. shall laud, as the word is a different one from that in Psalms 145:2. The verbs might be rendered as optatives: _let one generation laud … and declare_&c., but the rendering of the...
PSALMS 145 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Alphabetical Psalm in Praise of Jehovah's Greatness, Goodness and Righteousness. ANALYSIS Naturally, this psalm falls into 21 Couplets (and Verses), the letter _nun_...
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. ONE GENERATION SHALL PRAISE THY WORKS TO ANOTHER, AND SHALL DECLARE THY MIGHTY ACTS. God's "works" are His glor...
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 good t...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ AN ALPHABET OF *PRAISE PSALMS 145 Jesus said, "Yours is the *kingdom, the power and the *glory, for always, *Amen" ...
דֹּ֣ור לְ֭ דֹור יְשַׁבַּ֣ח מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וּ גְב
Psalms 145:1 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 verse i...
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,_ betwee...
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, bu...
One generation shall praise thy works to (c) another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. (c) Even as the reason for man's creation and his preservation in this life is to praise God, therefore he req...
_Forth. From the body, which shall be consigned to the earth from which it was taken, Ecclesiastes xii. 7. --- And he. Man, (Calmet) or each of the princes, (Haydock) with respect to the body. (Worthi...
I do not think it necessary to enlarge upon the several perfections of Jehovah, which the prophet celebrates through this Psalm; for in this case I should amplify the subject to an extent very great i...
4._Generation to generation_, etc. Here he insists upon the general truth, that all men were made and are preserved in life for this end, that they may devote themselves to the praise of God. And ther...
Psalms 145 goes on in thought into the millennium, after the distress is over, and the full deliverance can be celebrated. It is Christ in spirit perhaps even in person as in the midst of Israel, lead...
ONE GENERATION SHALL PRAISE THY WORKS TO ANOTHER,.... The works of providence done in one age shall be told by the father to the son with praise to the great Performer of them, and so be transmitted t...
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. Ver. 4. _One generation shall praise thy works to another_] God's praises are many, and man's life short, and one...
_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 obedience...
One generation shall praise Thy works to another and shall declare Thy mighty acts, that being the effect which a contemplation of God's greatness, as manifested in His works of creation and redemptio...
A PSALM OF PRAISE FOR THE BLESSINGS DUE TO THE MESSIAH'S EXALTATION. David's psalm of praise, dedicated to Messiah for His mighty, righteous, and gracious government of all men, and of His Church in...
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 joy. Especially we should speak of God's won...
The people that live in one age shall relate them to their posterity, and so successively in all ages....
Psalms 145:4 One H1755 generation H1755 praise H7623 (H8762) works H4639 declare H5046 (H8686) acts H1369...
Psalms 145:4 I. The text places the transmitting generation first, but in our use of it we ought perhaps to invert the order. For the ages can hand down nothing which did not come to them from without...
When you get to the 145 th Psalm, you enter the Beulah Land of the Psalms. Henceforth, the time of the singing of birds is come; and you go from one Hallelujah to another. In the Hebrew, this is one o...
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. _I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name...
CONTENTS: David engages himself and others to praise God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Praising God should be our daily work, for God is every day blessing us. His greatness and goodness cann...
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 wit...
_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). 1. Absolutely incomparable. (1) Majesty incomprehensible. (2) R...
_One generation shall praise Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts._ THE LAW OF THE GENERATIONS The Church that stood aloof from missions would now be as much condemned as formerly...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 145:1. This is the last of David’s psalms. This hymn praises the Lord for his goodness and generosity toward his creatures, especially his people. One remarkable feature is...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 145:4 God’s great deeds have protected his people and have produced the conditions in which they can flourish in true faithfulness. ⇐...
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 Alphabetical...
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 alphabetic, an...
I will extol thee, my God, O King; I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and...
Deuteronomy 6:7; Exodus 12:26; Exodus 12:27; Exodus 13:14; Exodus 13:15