New King James Version
Psalms 145:4
4One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty 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 Living Translation (NLT)Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power.
Context of Psalms 145:4
2Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever. 3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. 5I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, And on Your wondrous works. 6Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, And I will declare 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 deeds You did in their days, In days of old:
- Psalms 71:18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.
- Psalms 78:3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
- Exodus 12:26And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’
- Exodus 13:14So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall say to him, ‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Deuteronomy 6:7You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
- Joshua 4:21Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’
- Isaiah 38:19The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.
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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