Psalms 146:2
The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
In Context
3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Cross References
Judges 5:3Hear, ye kings, and hearken, rulers: I will sing, it is I who will sing to the Lord, it is I, I will sing a psalm to the Lord the God of Israel.
Psalms 71:14He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name shall be precious before him.
Psalms 145:1Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggæus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 146:2-5
The Divine Bounty. 1 Praise ye the Lord . Praise the Lord , O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. David is supposed to have penned this psalm; and he was himself a prince, a mighty prince; as such, it might be thought, 1. That he should be exempted from the service of praising… Read the whole commentary →