God’s Word Translation
Psalms 146:2
2I want to praise the Lord throughout my life. I want to make music to praise my God as long as I live.
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 the Lord, my soul! I want to praise the Lord throughout my life. I want to make music to praise my God as long as I live. 3Do not trust influential people, mortals who cannot help you. 4When they breathe their last breath, they return to the ground. On that day their plans come to an end.
Read all of Psalms 146Psalms 146:2 word by word
אֲהַלְלָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵֽאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 146:2
- Psalms 63:4So I will thank you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands ⌞to pray⌟ in your name.
- Psalms 71:14But I will always have hope. I will praise you more and more.
- Psalms 104:33I will sing to the Lord throughout my life. I will make music to praise my God as long as I live.
- Psalms 145:1I will highly praise you, my God, the king. I will bless your name forever and ever.
- Revelation 7:9After these things I saw a large crowd from every nation, tribe, people, and language. No one was able to count how many people there were. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb. They were wearing white robes, holding 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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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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