Psalm 145

¹ I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.

² Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.

³ Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.

⁴ One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.

⁵ I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.

⁶ Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.

⁷ They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.

⁸ The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

⁹ The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

¹⁰ All your works will give thanks to you, LORD. Your saints will extol you.

¹¹ They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power,

¹² to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.

¹⁴ The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

¹⁵ The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

¹⁶ You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.

¹⁸ The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

²⁰ The LORD preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.

²¹ My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

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Book context

PsalmsEditorial draft

Psalms is a collection of 150 songs and prayers used in Israel’s worship, written by several people over a long period. Headings name David most often, along with Asaph, the sons of Korah and others. The collection falls into five books, each ending with a short blessing of the LORD (41:13, 72:19, 89:52, 106:48), and it closes with a call for everything that has breath to praise the LORD (150:6). The psalms hold praise, lament, thanksgiving, confession and trust, so readers find words for nearly every season of life.

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About Psalms as a whole · Written by an AI model · Not reviewed by a theological reader

This explanation was written by an AI model to help you get started. It names no sources and can contain mistakes. Scripture comes first, and context with sources is shown separately on this page.

What this book is about

“How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever?” A prayer can begin like that, and in the Psalms it does. Four times the poet asks how long, and then, in the same short song, comes the turn: “But I trust in your loving kindness.”

That honesty runs through the whole book. Psalms is a collection of 150 songs and prayers, and it holds praise, thanksgiving, lament, confession, songs for the king, and reflections on wisdom and on God's law. It is arranged in five books and moves, on the whole, from many laments at the start to pure praise at the end.

Joy, fear, anger, guilt and doubt are all spoken to God directly.

Background

The psalms were written and gathered over several centuries. Their headings link about half of them with David and others with Asaph, the sons of Korah, Solomon and Moses. They were sung in the worship of the temple and later in synagogues and churches.

How Christians read it

Jews and Christians have prayed the Psalms daily for well over two thousand years. The New Testament quotes them more than any other book and reads many as speaking of Christ, among them Psalms 2, 22 and 110. The psalms that call for judgment on enemies are hard to read. Many understand them as handing vengeance over to God instead of taking it oneself.

About this explanation

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model, on 19 October 2026. It draws on the WEB text and general knowledge and was not checked against sources by a person. Every quotation from Scripture is checked automatically against the WEB text.

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