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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
1Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul. As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being. 3Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
Read all of Psalms 146Psalms 146:2 word by word
אֲהַלְלָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵֽאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 146:2
- Psalms 63:4So will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.
- Psalms 71:14But as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.
- Psalms 104:33I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being.
- Psalms 145:1I will extol thee, my God, O King, and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
- Revelation 7:9After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and 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
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- 1. Psalms 146:2 146.2 Elohim ↩
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
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