Psalms 145:1
Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
In Context
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:13Now therefore our God we give thanks to thee, and we praise thy glorious name.
Psalms 5:3Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.
Psalms 30:2I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
Psalms 34:1For David, when he changed his countenance before Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way. [1 Kings 21.]
Psalms 45:1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved.
Psalms 47:6God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 145:1
The five foregoing psalms were all of a piece, all full of prayers; this, and the five that follow it to the end of the book, are all of a piece too, all full of praises; and though only this is entitled David's psalm yet we have no reason to think but that they were all his as well as all the foregoing prayers. And it is observable, 1. That after five psalms of prayer follow six psalms of praise; for those that are much in prayer shall not want matter for praise, and those that have sped in prayer must abound in… Read the whole commentary →