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