Psalms 146:1
I will extol thee, O God my king: and I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
In Context
2Every day I will bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
Cross References
Psalms 103:1For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.
Psalms 104:35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.
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 →