Psalms 146:1
Praise you⌃ the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
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. 1
Cross References
Psalms 103:1Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you have clothed yourself with praise and honor: 1
Psalms 104:35and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground. 1
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 →