Psalms 146:1
Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggæus and Zacharias. Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
In Context
2The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 103:1A Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honour:
Psalms 104:35and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
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 →