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- Chapter 145
- Verse 1
David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
I will extol thee, my God, O King,.... Or "the King" (a), the King Messiah, who is by way of eminency called "the King", as in Psa 21:1. This is the foundation of this whole psalm, as Aben Ezra…
Barnes' Notes
I will extol thee ... - I will lift thee up; I will lift up thy name and praise, so that it may be heard afar. And I will bless thy name forever and ever - I will bless or praise thee. I will do it…
The entitling of this David's psalm of praise may intimate not only that he was the penman of it, but that he took a particular pleasure in it and sung it often; it was his companion wherever he went.…
Cp. Psa 30:1; Psa 34:1; Psa 34:3; and generally the doxology in 1Ch 29:10 ff.
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