Psalm 145:3 - Printer Friendly

ESV: Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

NIV: Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.

NASB: Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.

CSB: The Lord is great and is highly praised; his greatness is unsearchable.

NLT: Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.

KJV: Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

NKJV: Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.

Psalm 145:1–7 is David's promise to praise the Lord every day because the Lord is great. Generation after generation will speak of the Lord's miraculous deeds and majesty. David will meditate on the reality of who God is and on His wondrous works. The generations will speak about the Lord's powerful deeds and sing about His righteousness.

David intends to praise the Lord now and forever. Generation after generation will celebrate the amazing things God has done. The psalm praises the Lord for his love and mercy towards mankind. Those who reach out to Him seeking salvation can find it. Because of these attributes, David declares his intent to worship God, calling on every other person to join him.

This psalm is an acrostic: each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Only the letter nun is skipped. This song strongly magnifies the concept of praising God. Themes mentioned here are found in the other psalms, but they are concentrated in this specific song. Paul used a concept from this psalm when he preached at the Areopagus (Acts 17:27).

The book of Psalms is composed of individual songs, hymns, or poems, each of which is a ''Psalm'' in and of itself. These works contain a wide variety of themes. Some Psalms focus on praising and worshipping God. Others cry out in anguish over the pain of life. Still other Psalms look forward to the coming of the Messiah. While some Psalms are related, each has its own historical and biblical context.

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