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Of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will extol you, my God and King,</span><br /><span class="indent">and bless your name forever and ever.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Every day I will bless you</span><br /><span class="indent">and praise your name forever and ever.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Great is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and greatly to be praised,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his greatness is unsearchable.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">One generation shall commend your works to another,</span><br /><span class="indent">and shall declare your mighty acts.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">On the glorious splendor of your majesty,</span><br /><span class="indent">and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I will declare your greatness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness</span><br /><span class="indent">and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is gracious and merciful,</span><br /><span class="indent">slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is good to all,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his mercy is over all that he has made.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">All your works shall give thanks to you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and all your saints shall bless you!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom</span><br /><span class="indent">and tell of your power,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">to make known to the children of man your<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew his; also next line">b</a></sup></span> mighty deeds,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your dominion endures throughout all generations.</span></p><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">[The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is faithful in all his words</span><br /><span class="indent">and kind in all his works.]<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="These two lines are supplied by one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac (compare Dead Sea Scroll)">c</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> upholds all who are falling</span><br /><span class="indent">and raises up all who are bowed down.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The eyes of all look to you,</span><br /><span class="indent">and you give them their food in due season.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You open your hand;</span><br /><span class="indent">you satisfy the desire of every living thing.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is righteous in all his ways</span><br /><span class="indent">and kind in all his works.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is near to all who call on him,</span><br /><span class="indent">to all who call on him in truth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;</span><br /><span class="indent">he also hears their cry and saves them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> preserves all who love him,</span><br /><span class="indent">but all the wicked he will destroy.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/145-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My mouth will speak the praise of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Hebrew <i>his</i>; 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