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Of David.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I will exalt you, my God the King;</p><p class="line2">I will praise your name for ever and ever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Every day I will praise you</p><p class="line2">and extol your name for ever and ever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Great is the <span class="name">Lord</span> and most worthy of praise;</p><p class="line2">his greatness no one can fathom.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>One generation commends your works to another;</p><p class="line2">they tell of your mighty acts.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—</p><p class="line2">and I will meditate on your wonderful works. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text On the glorious splendor of your majesty and on your wonderful works I will meditate">b</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They tell of the power of your awesome works—</p><p class="line2">and I will proclaim your great deeds.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They celebrate your abundant goodness</p><p class="line2">and joyfully sing of your righteousness.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> is gracious and compassionate,</p><p class="line2">slow to anger and rich in love.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> is good to all;</p><p class="line2">he has compassion on all he has made.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All your works praise you, <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">your faithful people extol you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They tell of the glory of your kingdom</p><p class="line2">and speak of your might,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>so that all people may know of your mighty acts</p><p class="line2">and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,</p><p class="line2">and your dominion endures through all generations.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">The <span class="name">Lord</span> is trustworthy in all he promises</p><p class="line2">and faithful in all he does. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.">c</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> upholds all who fall</p><p class="line2">and lifts up all who are bowed down.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The eyes of all look to you,</p><p class="line2">and you give them their food at the proper time.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You open your hand</p><p class="line2">and satisfy the desires of every living thing.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> is righteous in all his ways</p><p class="line2">and faithful in all he does.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> is near to all who call on him,</p><p class="line2">to all who call on him in truth.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;</p><p class="line2">he hears their cry and saves them.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> watches over all who love him,</p><p class="line2">but all the wicked he will destroy.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>My mouth will speak in praise of the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><p class="line2">Let every creature praise his holy name</p><p class="line2">for ever and ever.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotebot">Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text <i>On the glorious splendor of your majesty<br />     and on your wonderful works I will meditate</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotebot">One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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