Psalms 146:2
אֲהַלְלָה יְהוָה בְּחַיָּי אֲזַמְּרָה לֵֽאלֹהַי בְּעוֹדִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
1הַֽלְלוּ ־ יָהּ הַלְלִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת ־ יְהוָֽה ׃
3אַל ־ תִּבְטְחוּ בִנְדִיבִים בְּבֶן ־ אָדָם ׀ שֶׁאֵֽין לוֹ תְשׁוּעָֽה ׃
Cross References
Judges 5:3שִׁמְעוּ מְלָכִים הַאֲזִינוּ רֹֽזְנִים אָֽנֹכִי לַֽיהוָה אָנֹכִי אָשִׁירָה אֲזַמֵּר לַֽיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃
Psalms 71:14וַאֲנִי תָּמִיד אֲיַחֵל וְהוֹסַפְתִּי עַל ־ כָּל ־ תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ ׃
Psalms 145:1תְּהִלָּה לְדָוִד אֲרוֹמִמְךָ אֱלוֹהַי הַמֶּלֶךְ וַאֲבָרֲכָה שִׁמְךָ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶֽד ׃
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 →