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! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist! 3Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver! 4Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

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 63:4For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
• Psalms 71:14As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you.
• Psalms 104:33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist!
• Psalms 145:1I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually!
• Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and 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