The Septuagint and Latin Vulgate render it, "Let a righteous man correct me with mercy, and he will work convictions in me; but let not the oil of a sinner (for this shall still be my prayer) anoint my head at their pleasure." The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works. Print. KJ21. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. And Your dominion is in every generation and generation Psalm 144:13. Psalm 145. 6. This is the last psalm to be ascribed to David. It suggests that these glorious qualities of God's character and deeds should be not merely talked about and extolled in song, but be deeply pondered, laid close upon our very heart, so that the legitimate impression may be wrought into our very soul, and may mould our whole spirit and character into God's own moral image. All Your works will thank You, O Lord, and Your pious ones will bless You. The Hebrew title for this psalm is tehillim (Praises). ASV. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. What kingdom mean I? 'Tis fit a king should speak of the majesty of the King of kings. Because of its length only part of it is displayed here. I will busy myself with, discourse concerning, Of the glorious splendour of thy majesty do men talk, and of all thy marvellous works will I discourse, they will discourse … they will declare, I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Beginning with God's majesty and works, it extends to his acts, greatness, goodness, and righteousness. And of thy wondrous works. Although David most certainly spends significant portions of other Psalms praising God, this particular one is labeled as “A Psalm of Praise”. His language labours to express his meaning; he multiplies the terms by which he would extol Jehovah, his King. Psalms 145:5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. The word which we here translate "speak", is considered by Hebrew critics to include also the idea of "expatiating", "speaking at large"; not merely "alluding to incidentally", but "entering into particulars"; as though one took delight in speaking upon the matter in hand. and I will meditate on your wonderful works. David cannot give over the worship of God into the hands of others, even though all generations should undertake to perpetuate it: he must have his own individual share in it, and so he saith, "I will speak." i. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information, To praise God is a personal duty: "I will. I will speak of the glorious honour, etc. "Thompson's translation." We are like men who want to attain a height, who have not wings to fly up to it, but who can reach it by going up a ladder step by step. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate. As he is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. Verse 5-6. Psalms 141:6 is parallel; the overthrowing of their judges answering to "their calamities" here, and "my words" (of invitation to worship the Lord), which "are sweet," answering to "my prayer" for them here. Psalm 145 is David's crowning Psalm of praise to the Lord. The former delight his saints; the latter terrify the wicked. All rights reserved. It shows 5 qualities that make God the greatest. Psalm 145:5 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Psalm 145:5, NIV: "They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty-- and I will meditate on your wonderful works." Psalm 145:1-21—Read the Bible online or download free. Verse 5. Particulars are often like the rounds of a ladder, little, it may be, in themselves, but very helpful to us; and to dwell upon particulars is often of use to ourselves; it certainly is to many with whom we converse. “I will speak.” What a powerful speaker David was! "And I will"; "And they shall abundantly", etc. Many works of power, of justice, of wisdom, are wonderful; and his work of grace is wondrous above all. It may be said that Psalm 145 is a magnificent hymn that reminds believers of all that God has provided for a believing mankind. It is a prophecy of Christ, and its fulfillment is recorded only in John on Spoke 21, so it forms an Alphabetic KeyLink. 7. Let it be the delight of each one of us according to our position to speak lovingly of our Lord. --Henry Cowles. Verse 5. Because it is an acrostic, some of the verses are difficult to understand. Moses and Aaron and others spoke them. Hereafter, the Lord's people shall, no doubt, have much revealed to them of the glorious honour of the majesty of God, which they could now neither bear nor understand; meanwhile they have to know him chiefly by what he has said and done; and if only our eyes be open, we shall be at no loss to recognise in these the glorious honour of his majesty. The five foregoing psalms were all of a piece, all full of prayers; this, and the five that follow it to the end of the book, are all of a piece too, all full of praises; and though only this is entitled David's psalm yet we have no reason to think but that they were all his as well as all the foregoing prayers. ייוֹד֣וּךָ יְ֖הֹוָה כָּל־מַֽעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וַֽ֜חֲסִידֶ֗יךָ … And of thy wondrous works - Margin, "things," or "words." The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy. Let us remember, that circumstanced as we are in our present state, we have no faculties for grasping in its simple grandeur the glorious honour of the majesty of God. 2. He has heard them. To Him, there is no comparison. Share. Now there is something very satisfactory in entering into particulars; we can often gather light upon a great truth by having had set before us some of the particulars connected with it; we can often understand what is too high for us, in itself and by itself, by some examples which bring it within reach of our dull understandings. This verse contrasts the KeyWord shamar with the KeyWord שמד (shamad, destroy) which integrates with the fundamental Shin theme of שפט ( shapat, judgment ). a. “My God, O king”: David, … David’s PraiseI lift you high in praise, my God, O my King!and I’ll bless your name into eternity.I’ll bless you every day,and keep it up from now to eternity.God is magnificent; he I will speak, etc. Thy wonderful works. From father down to son. An intentional parallelism between the first and third parts is suggested by the recurrence in Psalms 145:12 of part of the same heaped together phrase which occurs in Psalms 145:5. As a song of praise and thanksgiving it is indeed a psalm written in “g” major—and one that should be very specially felt by every believer. Verse 5. In psalms like 105, 106, &c, is the detailed fulfilment of this purpose. It would be a good thing to read it in its entirety. I will "muse" is better than "speak", as being the primary and more usual sense of the Hebrew word. Verse 5. Psalm 145:1-21 The Greatest God is a sermon in the series "The Greatest" about what makes God the greatest. Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. There is nothing about the infinite Lord which is unworthy of his royalty; and, on the other hand, nothing is wanting to the splendour of his reign: his majesty is honourable, and his honour is glorious: he is altogether wonderful. David's Psalm of praise. The accompaniment of others in praise will react upon ourselves. I will speak of the glorious honour, &c. — Here are divers words heaped together, to intimate that no words are sufficient to express the majesty of God. By these descriptions, those attributes which are feebly imitated or reflected in what we call good among created things are declared to exist in God, infinitely, immutably, ineffably. What Psalm 145 means. Verse 3 seems to be a summary of the theme of this entire Psalm: Great is the Lord, and greatly to … [ a] : "the words of thy wonderful works." --John Lorinus. Psalm 145 is a psalm in which David specifically gives five distinct characteristics of God, and they all begin with the letter 'G.' There we read of "the splendour of the glory of Thy majesty"; here of "the glory of the splendour of Thy kingdom,"-expressions substantially identical in meaning. Psalms 145:5. Verse 5. Psalm 65:3), the details of thy wonders. # This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse (including 13b) begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.A psalm of praise of David.I will exalt you, my God and King,and praise your n Everything which has to do with the Great King is majestic, honourable, glorious. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Psalm 145 EXEGESIS: SUPERSCRIPTION: A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. And of thy wondrous works — “Those works of God which demand to be celebrated by the tongues of men, are here divided into three kinds. The former delight his saints; the latter terrify the wicked. Such praise widens and expands a it rolls along. This specially, and all the rest proportionately, should be spoken of by holy men, by experienced men, and by men who have the ability to speak with power. a kingdom of all ages. of These are but the fringes of th… Psalm 145:5, KJV: "I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works." Of David. 8. Psalm 145:5, ESV: "On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate." Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. It is beauty; it is glory; it is majesty: it is all that is great, sublime, wonderful - all combined - all concentrated - in one Being. The reference is to wondrous deeds or acts considered as the subject of discourse or praise. A VOW TO PRAISE. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. The word which we here translate 'speak', is considered by Hebrew critics to include also the idea of 'expatiating', 'speaking at large'; not merely 'alluding to incidentally', but 'entering into particulars'; as though one took delight in speaking upon the matter in hand. It may give help if you change the words round like this in these verses: 1. The final half dozen psalms amalgamate into a doxology of worshipful praise to the Almighty which is started in Psalm 145, where we are called to extol our God, to praise His name continually, and to bless His name forever, "for Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, His greatness is unsearchable." These things must not be permitted to pass away in silence; if others do not remember them, representative men like David must make a point of conversing upon them in private, and speaking of them in public. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Psalms 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. The type David, like the antitype Messiah, prays for his enemies (Psalms 109:4-5). Psalm 145 occurs just before the five-psalm doxological close to the book of Psalms (Psalms 146-150) and is the last in a group of Psalms (Psalms 139-145) in Book Five that are identified in their superscriptions as psalms “of David.” Some scholars suggest that the Psalter ended with Psalm 145 at some point in its … Continue reading "Commentary on Psalm 145:1-8" --Philip Bennett Power. I will speak of the glorious honor of Thy majesty, and of Thy wondrous works. Thus the Psalmist declares that the records left of God's olden doings in the history of Israel are very precious. Scholars have raised questions about the Davidic authorship of some psalms I will say "*bless you" every day. Proud member Psalm 145:5 “I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.” Of the majesty of the divine Person of Christ. For the kingdom of this age too has its own beauty, but there is not in it that greatness of beauty, such as in the kingdom of all ages. "I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever." ", Its right performance will excite others to engage in it: "And men shall.". Thy wondrous works.—Rather, as in Psalm 105:27 (see Note; comp. Ps 145:5 speaks of God's opera mirabilia; Ps 145:6 of his opera terribilia. I will always *praise you. The LORD is gracious and full of compassion: David echoed the self-description of Yahweh to Moses: The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth (Exodus 34:6). Psalm 139 • You Are There. He numbers and names the stars (Isaiah 40:26; Psalm … --C. A. D. Psalm 145:5. --Hermann Venema. Psalm 145:5 New International Version (NIV) 5 They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—. His least is greater than man's greatest, his lowest is higher than man's highest. Psalms 145:5 On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. I will speak of the glorious honour, etc. With what a cumulus of glowing terms does Holy Writ seek to display the excellence of Deity! He delights in them; he will sing them again on his own harp. Of the glorious honor of thy majesty - The glory of the honor of thy majesty. --Martin Geier. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. Heb. Note how he piles up his golden words. 4. The Study Bookmark for Psalms 107-150 (Book V): [ view sample ] 1 per page [ pdf ] 4 per page [ pdf ] Introduction. The former delight his saints; the latter terrify the wicked. Each verse is divided into two parts, which the NRSV and … Continue reading "Commentary on Psalm 145:8-14" Everybody remembers your good things. Salem Media Group. God is the only One who can promise to save the ones who love Him (Psalm 145:20). The things that you have done are famous. From beginning to end, it emphasizes praising Yahweh. The Psalmist David, speaking on our behalf, makes a vow to bless the name of the LORD “forever and ever” (Psalm 145:1); “Every day” to bless Him; to praise His name “for ever and ever” (Psalm 145:2). All the works of God among men are Godlike, but certain of them are specially calculated to create surprise. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty. Psalm 145 - A psalm of praise. AMP. for he no sooner begins than he heaps up words of honour -- "the glorious honour of thy majesty", or "the beauty of the honour of thy majesty." The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is published by Jehovah’s Witnesses. Psalms 145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. You and I have the privilege to meditate on the glorious splendor of God’s majesty and His wondrous works every single day (Psalm 145:5). “But greatness, majesty, splendour, are not the Divinest parts of the Divine nature, as this singer had learned. thy wondrous works—or, "words of thy wonders," that is, which described them (Ps 105:27, Margin). Psalm 145:1-8. What a speaker! We know most of God from what we know of his doings amongst the children of men. This accumulation of epithets shows that the heart of the psalmist was full of the subject, and that he labored to find language to express his emotions. God's greatness; God's goodness; God's glory; God's guarantee; God's grace; All of these G's should give us peace on a daily basis and eternal hope. and of thy wondrous works; in becoming incarnate, in dying for the sins of his people, in rising from the dead the third day, in ascending to heaven and receiving gifts for men; in pouring down the spirit on them, in governing his church throughout all ages of the world, and judging the world at last. < 145:5 speaks of God's opera mirabilia; Psalms 145:6 of his opera terribilia. Psalm 145 is an acrostic in Hebrew, with verse one beginning with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the second verse with the second letter, and so on down to the last verse beginning with the last letter (verse 13 covers two letters). 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