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Psalms 145:4
4One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty and remarkable acts.
Psalms 145:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
- New International Version (NIV)One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts.
Context of Psalms 145:4
2Every day I will bless You and lovingly praise You; Yes, [with awe-inspired reverence] I will praise Your name forever and ever. 3Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is [so vast and profound as to be] unsearchable [incomprehensible to man]. One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty and remarkable acts. 5On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. 6People will speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will tell of Your greatness.
Read all of Psalms 145Psalms 145:4 word by word
דּ֣וֹר לְ֭דוֹר יְשַׁבַּ֣ח מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וּגְב֖וּרֹתֶ֣יךָ יַגִּֽידוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 145:4
- Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us The work You did in their days, In the days of old.
- Psalms 71:18And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me, Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.
- Psalms 78:3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
- Exodus 12:26When your children say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
- Exodus 13:14And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘With a strong and powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage and slavery.
- Deuteronomy 6:7You shall teach them diligently to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths] and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.
- Joshua 4:21He said to the sons of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’
- Isaiah 38:19It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
Commentaries on Psalms 145:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4One generation shall praise thy works - Shall praise thee on account of thy works or thy doings. That is, Thy praise shall be always kept up on the earth. See the notes at Isaiah 38:19; notes at Psalm 19:2. One generation shall transmit the knowledge of thy works to another by praise - by hymns and psalms recording and celebrating thy praise. Successive generations of people shall take up the language of praise, and it shall thus be transmitted to the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7This litany (a repeated form of praise, often with the same line said again and again) celebrates God’s character and his mighty deeds. Each generation will continue to tell others about God’s power (Psalm 22:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. shall declare--literally, "they shall declare," that is, all generations.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 4Generation to generation will praise Your works And I, too, shall speak of the majesty of the glory of Your splendor.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 145
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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