# Psalm 145 ## I Will Exalt You, My God and King A Psalm of praise. Of David. {[[#^19-145-a|a]]} - 1 I will exalt You, my God and King; - I will bless Your name forever and ever. - 2 Every day I will bless You, - and I will praise Your name forever and ever. - 3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; - His greatness is unsearchable. - 4 One generation will commend Your works to the next, - and will proclaim Your mighty acts — - 5 the glorious splendor of Your majesty. - And I will meditate on Your wondrous works. - 6 They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, - and I will declare Your greatness. - 7 They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness - and sing joyfully of Your righteousness. - 8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, - slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. - 9 The LORD is good to all; - His compassion rests on all He has made. - 10 All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, - and Your saints will bless You. - 11 They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom - and speak of Your might, - 12 to make known to men Your mighty acts - and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom. - 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, - and Your dominion endures through all generations. - The LORD is faithful in all His words - and kind in all His actions. {[[#^19-145-b|b]]} - 14 The LORD upholds all who fall - and lifts up all who are bowed down. - 15 The eyes of all look to You, - and You give them their food in season. - 16 You open Your hand - and satisfy the desire of every living thing. - 17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways - and kind in all His deeds. - 18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, - o all who call out to Him in truth. - 19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; - He hears their cry and saves them. - 20 The LORD preserves all who love Him, - but all the wicked He will destroy. - 21 My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; - let every creature bless His holy name - forever and ever. --- ### Footnotes: - 1 a This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. ^19-145-a - 13 b The final two lines are supplied by one MT manuscript, LXX, Syriac, and DSS. ^19-145-b --- - Previous chapter: [[Psalm_144]] - Next chapter: [[Psalm_146]] - TOC: [[TOC_Psalms]] --- The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (https://bereanbible.com), BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub (https://biblehub.com), Discovery Bible (https://discoverybible.com), OpenBible.com (https://openbible.com), and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0). ---