Psalms 146:1
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
In Context
2The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 103:1To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are exceedingly great. You have clothed yourself with confession and beauty;
Psalms 104:35And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 146:1
This and all the rest of the psalms that follow begin and end with Hallelujah, a word which puts much of God's praise into a little compass; for in it we praise him by his name Jah, the contraction of Jehovah. In this excellent psalm of praise, I. The psalmist engages himself to praise God, ver. 1, 2 . II. He engages others to trust in him, which is one necessary and acceptable way of praising him. 1. He shows why we should not trust in men, ver. 3, 4 . 2. Why we should trust in God ( ver. 5 ), because of his… Read the whole commentary →