Psalms 146:2

Psalms 146:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
• New International Version (NIV)I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
• New King James Version (NKJV)While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Context of Psalms 146:2

1Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God as long as I live. 3Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help). 4When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.

Psalms 146:2 word by word

אֲהַלְלָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵֽאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• While I liveחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• will I praiseהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I will sing praisesזָמַרzâmar · to singH2167
• unto my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Psalms 146:2

• Psalms 63:4So will I bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
• Psalms 71:14But as for me, I will wait and hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.
• Psalms 104:33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
• Psalms 145:1I will exalt You, my God, O King, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will bless Your name forever and ever.
• Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and this is what I saw: a vast multitude which no one could count, [gathered] from every nation and from all the tribes and peoples and languages [of the earth], standing before the throne and before the Lamb (Christ), dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands;

Commentaries on Psalms 146:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2While I live will I praise the Lord … - See the notes at Psalm 104:33, where the same language occurs substantially as in this verse: “I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.” The idea is, not merely that he would praise him during this life - short and fleeting as it is - but that as long as he had an existence - in the future world - forever he would praise him. Through every period of my life Thy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The call to praise (Psalm 146:1–2) leads to a warning against foolishness and false confidence (146:3–4). The psalm ends with a blessing for everyone who places their hope in the Lord (Psalm 146:5–7).Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 2as long as I exist Heb. בעודי.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 146:2

• Praise

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Commentaries on Psalms 146

• 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