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Psalms 145:4
4Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power.
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 King James Version (NKJV)One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts.
Context of Psalms 145:4
2I will praise you every day; yes, I will praise you forever. 3Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness. Let 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. 6Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue; I will proclaim 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 44:1O God, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago:
- Psalms 71:18Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.
- Psalms 78:3stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.
- Exodus 12:26Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?’
- Exodus 13:14“And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them, ‘With the power of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.
- Deuteronomy 6:7Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.
- Joshua 4:21Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’
- Isaiah 38:19Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.
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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