New Living Translation
Psalms 145:3
3Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.
Psalms 145:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- New International Version (NIV)Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.
Context of Psalms 145:3
1I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise your name forever and ever. 2I will praise you every day; yes, I will praise you forever. Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness. 4Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power. 5I will meditate on your majestic, glorious splendor and your wonderful miracles.
Read all of Psalms 145Psalms 145:3 word by word
גָּ֘ד֤וֹל יְהוָ֣ה וּמְהֻלָּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד וְ֝לִגְדֻלָּת֗וֹ אֵ֣ין חֵֽקֶר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 145:3
- Psalms 48:1How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise, in the city of our God, which sits on his holy mountain!
- Psalms 96:4Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 147:5How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!
- Job 5:9He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles.
- Job 9:10He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles.
- Revelation 15:3And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations.
- Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!
- Job 11:7“Can you solve the mysteries of God? Can you discover everything about the Almighty?
- Job 26:14These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?”
- Isaiah 40:28Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
- Romans 11:33Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!
Commentaries on Psalms 145:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised - See Psalm 96:4, note; Psalm 18:3, note. And his greatness is unsearchable - See Job 5:9, note; Job 9:10, note; Job 11:7-8, notes.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The psalmist praises God, the Great King who reigns over all other rulers (see Psalm 47:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. (Compare Psa 18:3; 48:1). greatness--as displayed in His works.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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